By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Friday 9 May 2025
Lorenzo Masetti He is enjoying his time as one of the two Italian men within the top-10 best of the ATP ranking (this is the first time it ever happened), and on Friday in Rome he won his first match as a Top-10 player.
Musetti, who defeated Finland Otto virtanen 6-3, 6-2 in 86 minutes, will face America Nakashima in the third round. The Italian is now 18-4 since the beginning of his candidacy at the Bronze Affairs Olympic Medal in Paris last July.
A finalist in Monte-Carlo and a semifinalist in Madrid, Masetti, hopes to achieve beyond his best career performance in Foro Italy-a round of 16 appearances in 2023.
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Masetti is one of the two Italian men who reached the third round today. Wild Card Francesco Passaro upset Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 6-3 to reach the third round for the second year in a row.
Four other Italian men, including Jannik Sinner High and Matteo Berrettini, will be in the second round of Saturday in Rome.
Look at all the full second round matches from Friday:
Alexander Zverev (2) defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli; 6-1, 6-1
Jack Draper (5) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-1, 6-4
Holger Rune (9) Beat Francisco Comesana: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Vilius Gaubas defeated Denis Shapovalov (27): 6-3, 6-4
Year Kopriva (q) defeated Sebastian Baez (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Corentin mouti beat Ugo Humbert (21): 6-3, 4-0 right.
Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Cameron Norrie (LL): 6-4, 6-2
Laslo Sweat defeated Alex Michelsen (31): 6-0, 6-3
Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat otto virtanen (Q): 6-3, 6-2
Stefanos Tsisisitsisip (18) defeated Alexandre Muller: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
Alexei Popyrin (24) defeated Carlos Taberner (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Arthur Fils (13) beat Grookspoor mock: 6-2, 6-2
Karen Khachanov (23) defeated the Romans Burrus (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
