Italian Open: Noskova dispatches Stefanini to reach third round

No 29 seed Linda Noskova defeated Italian wildcard Lucrezia Stefanini 6-3, 7-6 (1) to advance to the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Noskova, ranked No 29, will face the winner of the match between American Shelby Rogers and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Stefanini, ranked No 179, won against wildcard Vittoria Paganetti (7-5, 6-3).

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

• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
• Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Camila Osorio vs. Madison Keys
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xinyu Wang
• Coco Gauff vs. Magdalena Frech
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Shelby Rogers vs. Qinwen Zheng: thursday
• 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