The bottom half of the third round of the 2024 Rome Masters Men's Singles ended with a big upset, with world No. 109 Muller knocking out fourth seed Rublev 2-1. Up to now, the top 16 have all been settled, including Zhang Zhizhen, China's first brother, and his opponent in the 1/8 finals is a qualifier, for Zhang Zhizhen, he is expected to continue to soar.
Rublev is the No. 4 seed in the tournament and is still in good form after winning the Madrid Masters last week to win his second career Masters title. Muller is an unknown and ranked only 109th in the world, and with Sinner and Alcaraz absent and Djokovic knocked out early, Rublev still hopes to win the Masters again.
In the first set, Rublev did not face much challenge, but then Rublev dropped the chain, and Muller easily won two sets in a row 6-3 and 6-2, defeating Rublev 2-1 and causing a big upset. According to statistics, this is also the first time that Muller has won against a top 10 player in the world.
No. 6 seed Tsitsipas eliminated No. 27 seed Norrie 6-2, 7-6(1).
No.9 seed De Minaur came back from behind to beat Aliassime in three sets.
21st seed Jarry defeated Napolitano in three sets.
No. 7 seed Hurkacz defeated No. 25 seed Echeverry in two sets.
17th seed and Argentine No. 1 Báez defeated last year's runner-up Rune 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the round of 16 of the Masters for the first time in his career.
14th seed Paul eliminated Kopfil in two sets.
Second seed Dmitry Medvedev narrowly defeated Serbian teenager Dmitry Medjedovic 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-5.
The round of 16 and the full version of the 1/8 finals -
Tabilo vs Khachanov
Zhang Zhizhen VS Monteiro
Zverev vs Bojes
Fritz vs Dimitrov
Tsitsipas vs De Minaur
Jarry vs Muller
Hurkacz vs Báez
Paul vs Medvedev