Italian Open: Haddad Maia reaches third round

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed, reached the third round of the Italian Open by winning against Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-2, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday evening.

Haddad Maia, ranked No 15, will face Pole Magda Linette, the No 17 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Ruse, ranked No 152, beat Czech Linda Fruhvirtova (6-1, 6-0).

Rome WTA 1000, other second-round 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
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Claire Liu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Donna Vekic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Jil Teichmann vs. Julia Grabher
• Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Strycova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Camila Osorio vs. Petra Martic
• Caroline Garcia vs. Ana Bogdan
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: thursday
• Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
• Alize Cornet vs. Qinwen Zheng: thursday
• 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 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