Italian Open: Cirstea makes third round

Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of the Italian Open by defeating qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova 7-5, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday evening.

Cirstea, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Romanian Ana Bogdan and No 6 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Fruhvirtova, ranked No 102, won against American Taylor Townsend (3-6, 6-2, 6-0).

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

• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sara Errani
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens: thursday
• Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• 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