Italian Open: Krueger beats Bondar to set up Pegula clash in second round

American Ashlyn Krueger won against Hungarian qualifier Anna Bondar 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Krueger, ranked No 37, will face No 3 seed Jessica Pegula next.

Rome WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Arantxa Rus
• Maya Joint vs. Emma Raducanu
• Alexandra Eala vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Antonia Ruzic vs. Tyra Caterina Grant
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Emiliana Arango vs. Viktoriya Tomova: wednesday
• Maria Sakkari vs. Belinda Bencic: wednesday
• Eva Lys beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-0
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katie Boulter: wednesday
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Veronika Kudermetova: wednesday
• Bianca Andreescu beat Federica Urgesi (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-2
• Victoria Mboko (Q) beat Arianna Zucchini (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Caroline Dolehide beat Olivia Gadecki (LL): 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-2
• Kamilla Rakhimova (LL) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3
• Naomi Osaka beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-2, 7-5
• Sonay Kartal beat Kimberly Birrell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Nuria Brancaccio (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Rebecca Sramkova beat McCartney Kessler: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-3, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens beat Renata Zarazua: 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-1
• Lulu Sun beat Giorgia Pedone (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Ann Li: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)