Rome Masters: Molcan Advances to Second Round, Now Rublev!

Alex Molcan defeated Stefano Napolitano on Thursday night by scores of 6-4, 3-6, and 7-6 (1). He will now face No. 6 seed Andrey Rublev in the next round.

On Thursday night at the Foro Italico, Slovak Alex Molcan defeated Italian qualifier Stefano Napolitano 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) to advance to the second round of the Rome Masters.

The No. 59-ranked Molcan will next take on the No. 6 seed Andrey Rublev.

Rome Masters, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Diego Schwartzman: Thursday in Rome
• J.J. Wolf beat Hugo Grenier (LL): 7-5, 7-5
• Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-1
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-2, 6-1
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Guido Pella beat Maxime Cressy: 6-3, 6-4
• Marco Cecchinato beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 7-5
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
• David Goffin beat Luca Nardi (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Thiago Monteiro beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 6-2
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Hugo Dellien: 6-2, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Giulio Zeppieri (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0
• Jason Kubler beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2
• Gregoire Barrere beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Fabio Fognini (WC) beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Jaume Munar was defeated by Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 4-2 ret.
• Arthur Fils (Q) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-1, 6-3
• Yibing Wu beat Richard Gasquet: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Cristian Garin beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Constant Lestienne lost to Laslo Djere in a 6-1 rematch.
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Sebastian Baez beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 7-5, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-4, 6-2
• Stan Wawrinka beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-4

Reference: www.tennismajors.com