Italian Open: Kalinina advances to third round

No 30 seed Anhelina Kalinina reached the third round of the Italian Open when Lesia Tsurenko retired on Friday at the Foro Italico in Roma.

Kalinina, ranked No 31, led 2-0 when Tsurenko, ranked No 44, pulled out on Friday afternoon at the Foro Italico in Roma.

Anhelina Kalinina will face Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Lesia Tsurenko edged out Croat Donna Vekic (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)).

Roma WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):

• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sara Errani: friday
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia: friday
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette: friday
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund: friday
• Anna Kalinskaya (23) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Ons Jabeur (8): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Oceane Dodin (LL): 5-2 ret.
• Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Elise Mertens (27) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0