Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 23 seed, defeated Dane qualifier Clara Tauson 6-1, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.
Kalinskaya, ranked No 26, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 16 seed, and Italian wildcard Sara Errani next.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Tauson, ranked No 78, won against Australian Daria Saville (6-2, 6-3).
Rome WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
- Elina Svitolina vs. Sara Errani
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette: friday
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund: friday
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
- Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin: friday
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Oceane Dodin (LL): 5-2 ret.
- Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Elise Mertens (27) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
- Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
- Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
- Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0
