Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko edged out Croat Donna Vekic 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the 64 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday.
Tsurenko, ranked No 44, will play No 30 seed Anhelina Kalinina 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
- Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: wednesday
- Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
- 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
