Italian Open: Frech knocks out Krueger to reach second round

Pole Magdalena Frech defeated American Ashlyn Krueger 7-6 (2), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Frech, ranked No 55, will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff 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
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
• Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
• Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera
• Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Tatjana Maria vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Diana Shnaider beat Greet Minnen: 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