On May 13, local time, the fourth round of the men's singles showdown at the ATP1000 Rome Masters, affected by the rain, seven of the eight matches originally scheduled were completed, and the fourth round of Ruud and Munar will be postponed by one day. World No.1 Sinner had his toughest comeback match as the Italian defeated 17th seed Cerundolo 7-6(2), 6-3 to await the winner of the quarter-finals between Ruud and Munar.
Sinner
No.3 seed Alcaraz defeated No.23 seed Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and 29 minutes. The Spaniard dropped four games in a row from a 6-3, 3-2 lead, but he fought back in the deciding set to reach the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters for the first time in his career. At the age of 22 years and 8 days, Alcaraz became the youngest active player to reach the quarter-finals of the Masters, while also unlocking the all-eight-final achievement of the tournament. Alcaraz will face fifth seed Draper in the quarter-finals, who came back from behind to beat France's Moutai 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Alcaraz
A summary of the best results in the Alcaraz competition
Australian Open quarterfinals
French Open champion
Wimbledon Champion (2 times)
US Open champion
Indian Wells Masters Champion (2 times)
Miami Masters Champion
Champion of the Monte Carlo Masters
Madrid Masters Champion (2 times)
Rome Masters quarterfinals
Canadian Masters quarterfinals
Cincinnati Masters runner-up
Shanghai Masters quarterfinals
Quarterfinals of the Paris Masters
Final four of the ATP Finals
Olympic silver medal
Musetti
No.8 seed and homegrown darling Musetti defeated former tournament champion Dmitry Medvedev in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, to claim his first win in three meetings with the latter. Musetti held the match point 7-5, 5-4 (40-30) when the match was halted by rain and resumed nearly three hours later, when he cashed in a forehand winner to seal the victory. Musetti's opponent in the quarter-finals was second seed Zverev, who eliminated France's Gophis 7-6(3)/6-1.
Zverev
Poland's Hurkacz battled with Czech rising star Mensik for three hours to win 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(5) to reach the quarter-finals of the Masters for the first time since Cincinnati last year. Hurkacz will face 11th seed Paul for a place in the last four, who defeated seventh seed De Minaur 7-5, 6-3 to claim his first win in six meetings with the Australian and Paul's first Top 10 win of the season.
Paul
Men's singles quarterfinals
Sinner[1] vs Ruud[6]or Munar
Paul[11] vs Hurkacz[30]
Alcaraz[3] vs Draper[5]
Zverev[2] vs Musetti[8]
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)