Italian Open: Kovinic downs Bronzetti in first round

Montenegrin Danka Kovinic defeated Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday evening.

Kovinic, ranked No 69, will play No 10 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 128 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
• Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher: wednesday
• Tereza Martincova vs. Alize Cornet: wednesday
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu: wednesday
• Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea: wednesday
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-1, 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Elina Svitolina: 6-4, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-0
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-0
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Matilde Paoletti (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• 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