Russian Elina Avanesyan advanced to the 64 of the Italian Open by edging out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday.
Avanesyan, ranked No 72, will face No 25 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.
Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson
- Rebecca Sramkova vs. Giorgia Pedone
- Federica Di Sarra vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
- Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera
- Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
- Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
- Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko: wednesday
- Tatjana Maria beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech beat Ashlyn Krueger: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 6-0
- Lucrezia Stefanini (WC) beat Vittoria Paganetti (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Ana Bogdan beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-4, 6-1
- Xinyu Wang beat Yue Yuan: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Camila Osorio beat Arantxa Rus: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Martina Trevisan (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
- Shelby Rogers beat Lisa Pigato (WC): 6-1, 6-0
