Italian Open: Kenin through to the second round

American Sofia Kenin edged out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday.

Kenin, ranked No 134, will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 1st round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Sloane Stephens vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lauren Davis
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
• Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Errani
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Catherine McNally vs. Dalila Spiteri: tuesday
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
• Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3