Italian Open: Petra Kvitova advances to second round

Petra Kvitova advanced to the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5, 6-1 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Tuesday.

Petra Kvitova will face No 27 seed Ons Jabeur next.

Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sara Errani vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Camila Osorio
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Federica Urgesi
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Eva Lys
• Alexandra Eala vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Peyton Stearns vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Sonay Kartal
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. McCartney Kessler
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Anastasija Sevastova: tuesday
• Suzan Lamens vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-0
• Lulu Sun beat Giorgia Pedone (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Ann Li: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)