No surprises from the favorites at the Rome Open

The 80th Rome Open Tennis Tournament, held on clay courts at the Foro Italico complex in Rome, the Italian capital, continued with the second and third rounds of competition for women and men.

Serbian men’s racket world number 1 Novak Djokovic defeated 26th-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 4-6 6-1 sets 2-1 in the third round match and went to the next round.

Russian world number 3 racket Daniil Medvedev defeated his Finnish rival Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-2 sets 2-0 in the second round bout and reached the third round.

Fourth seed Casper Ruud of Norway defeated Kazakh opponent Alexander Bublik 6-1 4-6 7-6(0) 2-1 in the third round match and made his mark in the first round .

World number 5 Greek racket Stefanos Tsitsipas, whose match was played yesterday due to heavy rain and was completed today, defeated Portuguese racket Nuno Borges 2-0 with 6-3 in the second round match and advanced to the third round.

Seventh-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark defeated host country Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-2, 2-0 in the third round match and made his mark in the next round.

Italian Jannik Sinner, the eighth seed, also defeated Russian racket Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-7(4) 6-2 in the third round match 2-1 and advanced to the next round. .

IGA SWIATEK VERY COMFORTABLE

World No. 1 in women and Rome Open champion for the last 2 years, Poland’s Iga Swiatek defeated her Ukrainian rival Lesia Tsurenko 6-2, 6-0 in the 3rd round match and reached the next round.

Sixth-seeded American Coco Gauff also bid farewell to Roma by losing 2-1 to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-4 2-6 2-6 in the third round match.

Seventh seed Cossack Elena Rybakina was ahead 4-3 against Russian racket Anna Kalinskaya in the third round bout when her opponent withdrew from the match.

Russian racket Daria Kasatkina, the eighth seed, also beat Austrian Julia Grabher 2-1 in the third round match after three sets of 7-5, 4-6 and 7-6(2) and left his footprint in the next round. (AA)