Italian Open: Grabher makes third round

Austrian Julia Grabher won against Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 26 seed, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.

Grabher, ranked No 89, will face the winner of the match between Italian wildcard Lisa Pigato and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, next.

The Austrian beat Italian wildcard Nuria Brancaccio (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) ahead of her victory against Teichmann.

Rome WTA 1000, other 64 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Lisa Pigato vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camila Giorgi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ons Jabeur vs. Paula Badosa
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Claire Liu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: friday
• Donna Vekic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: friday
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova: friday
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-1, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Sofia Kenin beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Petra Martic (29): 6-4, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (23) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Keys (19) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (27) beat Catherine McNally: 6-4, 6-3
• Magda Linette (17) beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Coco Gauff (6) 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