Italian Open: Andreescu eases past wildcard Urgesi to reach second round

Canadian Bianca Andreescu won against Italian wildcard Federica Urgesi 6-0, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Andreescu, ranked No 121, will play No 20 seed Donna Vekic next.

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

• Katie Volynets vs. Arantxa Rus
• Maya Joint vs. Emma Raducanu
• Alexandra Eala vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Antonia Ruzic vs. Tyra Caterina Grant
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Emiliana Arango vs. Viktoriya Tomova: wednesday
• Maria Sakkari vs. Belinda Bencic: wednesday
• Eva Lys beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-0
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katie Boulter: wednesday
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Veronika Kudermetova: wednesday
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Anna Bondar (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-2
• Victoria Mboko (Q) beat Arianna Zucchini (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Caroline Dolehide beat Olivia Gadecki (LL): 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-2
• Kamilla Rakhimova (LL) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3
• Naomi Osaka beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-2, 7-5
• Sonay Kartal beat Kimberly Birrell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Nuria Brancaccio (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Rebecca Sramkova beat McCartney Kessler: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-3, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens beat Renata Zarazua: 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-1
• 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)