Italian Open: Rogers sets up Qinwen Zheng clash

Shelby Rogers won against Lisa Pigato 6-1, 6-0 on Tuesday and will face No 7 seed Qinwen Zheng in the next round

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Tennis Majors

May 7, 2024

Internazionali BNL d'Italia •First round • Completed

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American Shelby Rogers moved into the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Italian wildcard Lisa Pigato 6-1, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Tuesday.

Rogers, ranked No 398, will play No 7 seed Qinwen Zheng next.

Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):

Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
Ana Bogdan vs. Leylah Fernandez
Vittoria Paganetti vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
Lauren Davis vs. Angelique Kerber
Greet Minnen vs. Diana Shnaider
Magdalena Frech vs. Ashlyn Krueger
Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Osorio
Xinyu Wang vs. Yue Yuan
Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
Mirra Andreeva vs. Paula Badosa

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