Italian Open: Avanesyan squeezes into second round

Russian Elina Avanesyan advanced to the 64 of the Italian Open by edging out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 72, will face No 25 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.

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

• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Giorgia Pedone
• Federica Di Sarra vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
• Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
• Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko: wednesday
• Tatjana Maria beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Ashlyn Krueger: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 6-0
• Lucrezia Stefanini (WC) beat Vittoria Paganetti (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-4, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Yue Yuan: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Arantxa Rus: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Martina Trevisan (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers beat Lisa Pigato (WC): 6-1, 6-0