Italian Open: Putintseva secures meeting with Gauff in second round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva defeated Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-0 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday.

Putintseva, ranked No 51, will face No 6 seed Coco Gauff next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 128 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Tereza Martincova vs. Alize Cornet
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu: wednesday
• Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea: wednesday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic: wednesday
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-1, 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Elina Svitolina: 6-4, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-0
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Matilde Paoletti (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• 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