Italian Open: Paolini to face Rybakina in round of 64
Jasmine Paolini won against Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 on Tuesday and will play No 7 seed Elena Rybakina in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini reached the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday.
Paolini, ranked No 65, will play No 7 seed Elena Rybakina next.
Rome WTA 1000, other 1st round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):
- Sloane Stephens vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lauren Davis
- Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
- Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic
- Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elina Svitolina
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Errani
- Catherine McNally vs. Dalila Spiteri
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
- Sofia Kenin vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
- Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
- Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
- Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
