Italian Open: Bouzkova beats McNally to earn clash with Gauff

Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 27 seed, advanced to the third round of the Italian Open by beating American Caty McNally 6-4, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday.

Bouzkova, ranked No 38, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next.

McNally, ranked No 62, won against Italian wildcard Dalila Spiteri (6-0, 6-1) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

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

• Lisa Pigato vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camila Giorgi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Claire Liu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Ons Jabeur vs. Paula Badosa
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Strycova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Ana Bogdan
• Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula
• Camila Osorio vs. Petra Martic
• Alize Cornet vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Magdalena Frech vs. Madison Keys: thursday
• Magda Linette (17) beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Coco Gauff beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-0, 6-1
• Victoria Azarenka (14) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-3
• Xiyu Wang beat Irina-Camelia Begu (31): 6-4, 7-5
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (13): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-2