He Rome Masters 1000 The round of 16 of the upper part of the draw was determined this Sunday. The Chinese have them Zhizhen Zhang, world number 56, surprised American Ben Sheltonnumber 14, whom he defeated in 2 sets, 6-2 and 6-4.
The Chinese player dominated the match from start to finish against a confused Shelton who once again showed that on clay he is still far from the level needed to aspire to be among the best.
For his part, Zhang, who He will look for a place in the quarterfinals this Tuesday against Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (106)has taken a new step in his rise to the elite with what is now his second best result in a Masters 1000 after the quarterfinals in Madrid last year.
The German also reached the round of 16 Alexander Zverev, who eliminated the Italian Luciano Darderi in 2 sets, 7-6 (3) and 6-2, and will face Portuguese Nuno Borges in the round of 16.
Zverev, third seed of the tournament, second now that Serbian Novak Djokovic was eliminated, In the first set he found a very high level Darderi more than holding his own the attacks and that led to the set in the ‘tie-break’.
There, ‘Sascha’ used his experience and knew how to better manage moments of complexity to take the first set with his second set ball.
The second challenge is quite different from the first.. Overcoming the situation and too erratic, eager to get ahead, Darderi began to fail and gradually sank against the giant Zverev, who in two breaks put him on the path for a victory that closed in just 2 hours .
In the round of 16 they will face Portuguese Nuno Borgesnumber 53.
Rome Masters 1000
Round of 16
TOP PORTION OF PHOTO
Alejandro Tabilo (Chi)-Karen Khachanov (Rus/16)
Zhizhen Zhang (Chn)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)
Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-Nuno Borges (Por)
Taylor Fritz (USA/11)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/8)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Tsitsipas (6) or Norrie (27) vs. Auger or De Minaur (9)
Napolitano or Jarry (21) vs. Muller or Rublev (4)
Hurkacz (7) or Etcheverry (25) vs. Báez (17) or Rune (10)
Paul (14) or Koepfer vs. Medjedovic or Medvedev (2)
Source: La Verdad
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