Tennis Live: At the Rome Masters, Jannik Sinner defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis in straight sets without encountering a single break point while Cameron Norrie easily defeats Alexandre Muller to advance.
At the Rome Masters, Cameron Norrie defeated Alexandre Muller in just two sets to go to the round of 32.
The British No. 1 defeated his French opponent 6-2, 6-3, in an hour and 14 minutes to advance to the next round, where he will play either Marton Fucsovics or Alex de Minaur.
Norrie entered after losing in the first round of Monte Carlo amid a challenging clay-court stretch and exiting in the second round of both Madrid and Barcelona.
If both Norrie and Novak Djokovic win their earlier matches—the Serbian top seed is scheduled to play Tomas Martij Etcheverry later on Friday—they will meet in the quarterfinals.
In addition to dominating with 70% of net points to Muller’s 44%, the 27-year-old claimed 74% of first-serve points to his opponent’s 54.
8 in the world elsewhere Thanasi Kokkinakis was defeated by Jannik Sinner 6-1, 6-4 in the third round, which took 79 minutes. Sebastian Baez or Alexander Shevchenko will be Jannik Sinner’s opponent then.
Jabeur is knocked out, while Swiatek cruises through.
In the women’s competition, world No. 1 Iga Switaek defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-0 to advance to the third round, where she will play either Bernarda Pera or Lesia Tsurenko.
Ons Jabeur, the fourth seed who lost to Swiatek in the 2017 final, is no longer in the tournament after falling to Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-4 in her opening round with a calf injury.
On Friday, Jannik Sinner, the eighth seed and home favourite, upset Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia, 6-1, 6-4.
The 21-year-old Italian didn’t lose a point on his serve in the opening set. He will play either Sebastian Baez or Alexander Shevchenko in the round of 32.
Since Adriano Panatta in 1976, Italy has not had a male singles champion.
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