Italian Open: Frech downs Aazarenka to reach third round

Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 26 seed, advanced to the third round of the Italian Open by defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-4 at the Foro Italico on Friday.

Frech, ranked No 25, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Azarenka, ranked No 54, won against Colombian Camila Osorio (6-2, 6-3).

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

• Coco Gauff vs. Victoria Mboko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Donna Vekic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Eva Lys
• Emma Navarro vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Emiliana Arango vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Jil Teichmann vs. Emma Raducanu
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Linda Noskova vs. Sonay Kartal: friday
• Qinwen Zheng beat Olga Danilovic: 6-1, 6-4
• Clara Tauson (22) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-5, 4-1 ret.
• Magda Linette (32) beat Maria Sakkari (Q): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Sofia Kenin (31) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-3, 6-0
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 6-2
• Laura Siegemund (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (18): 6-0, 6-3
• Madison Keys (5) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Elina Svitolina (16) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 6-2
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (19): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Danielle Collins (29) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Lulu Sun: 6-4, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Peyton Stearns beat Anna Kalinskaya (28): 6-2, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (25) beat Suzan Lamens: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-0, 6-0
• Naomi Osaka beat Viktorija Golubic (LL): 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Yulia Putintseva (23): 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Petra Kvitova vs. Ons Jabeur