Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of the Italian Open by defeating qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova 7-5, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday evening.
Cirstea, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Romanian Ana Bogdan and No 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 102, won against American Taylor Townsend (3-6, 6-2, 6-0).
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
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena Rybakina
- Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens: thursday
- Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
- 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
