Rome Masters Tournament Results: The bottom half of the 16 seeded players played their first match, and five went out

10/05/2025 07:25:00 pandatv

Yesterday, the second round of the Rome Masters began in the second half of the tournament. The 16 seeded players went head-to-head with the 16 unseeded players who stood out in the first round, and staged a number of exciting matchups.

Excitingly, the four big seeds played solidly and made it to the next round. No.2 seed Zverev, No.3 seed Alcaraz, No.5 seed Draper and No.8 seed Musetti all showed their strength with straight sets.

However, the other seeded players have had a bumpy road to the cut.

Dimitrov, the No. 14 seedIn the battle against Italian wildcard Passano, they lost 5-7, 3-6 and unfortunately lost in the first round. With the enthusiastic cheers of the home crowd, Passano played bravely and successfully caused an upset.

No. 21 seed AmberIn the French derby, he had no choice but to retire when he was 3-6/0-4 downMutaiQualified for the third round. Amber has been in poor form lately and seems to have reached a critical stage where he needs to adjust and improve.

No. 27 seed ShapovalovThey lost 3-6, 4-6 to Lithuania's Gobas. As a qualifier, he is ranked only 154th in the worldHigh BassHe created the highlight of his career, winning two in a row at the ATP1000 level and four in a row including qualifying. In the next round, he will challenge No. 2 seed Zverev. With the victory, Gobas soared to 133 in the ATP rankings, moving up 21 places.

No. 31 seed MitchellsonSuffered a 0-6, 3-6 defeat to the SerbianJayre, which was eliminated in the first round, once again confirmed the disadvantage of the American players on clay.

No. 32 seed Baezwith qualifiersWitte KobrivaAfter three sets, they lost 6-3/4-6/4-6 and missed the next round.

It is gratifying that the seeded players such as Rune, Medvedev, Fils, Tsitsipas, Khachanov, Poperin and Nakajima successfully broke through and successfully advanced to the third round.