The 17-year-old pulled away from Radu Albot, 7-6 (2), 6-2, on Thursday at the ATP 250 clay-court event.

The 26-year-old, who reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in 2023, is expected to be overtaken by Ben Shelton on April 15.

Andrey Rublev is the defending champion at the ATP Masters 1000 event.

The world No. 3 improved to 18-1 on the year with his 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 victory Sunday.

The Italian eased into the final of the ABN Amro Open in Rotterdam, his first tournament since winning the Australian Open.

Home favorite Tallon Griekspoor and Alexander Shevchenko also shined Thursday in knocking out Hubert Hurkacz and Holger Rune.

Gabriel Diallo, 22, won two matches to send 2022 champions Canada to the group stage along with the Netherlands, Germany and Finland.

The world No. 1 rallied from a set down to defeat the flying Dutchman to book a rematch of the 2022 final against Holger Rune in Paris-Bercy.

The Serb should find a way to advance to the quarterfinals, but he could be made to work for it.

The 26-year-old became the fifth player to qualify for Turin's prestigious event Thursday.