Italian Open: Badosa last qualified for the second round, Jabeur next!

Spaniard Paula Badosa edged out German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) to move into the 64 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday evening.

Badosa, ranked No 35, will play No 4 seed Ons Jabeur next.

Rome WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Camila Giorgi beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-5
• Julia Grabher beat Nuria Brancaccio (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Alize Cornet beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Claire Liu beat Camilla Rosatello (WC): 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea beat Katie Volynets: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Danka Kovinic beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-1, 6-0

• Lesia Tsurenko beat Elina Svitolina: 6-4, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-0
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Matilde Paoletti (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
• Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3