Russian Anna Blinkova advanced to the second round of the Italian Open by winning against Frenchwoman Diane Parry 6-2, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday.
Blinkova, ranked No 46, will play No 13 seed Danielle Collins 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
- Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
- Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: wednesday
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: wednesday
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Tatjana Maria beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
- Elina Avanesyan beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5
- 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
