Italian Open: Kudermetova books spot in third round

Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 11 seed, won against Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 7-5, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 23 seed, and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 80, defeated German Jule Niemeier (4-6, 6-4, 6-2).

Rome WTA 1000, other 64 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Lisa Pigato vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camila Giorgi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Claire Liu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Ons Jabeur vs. Paula Badosa
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Strycova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Ana Bogdan
• Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula
• Camila Osorio vs. Petra Martic
• Alize Cornet vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Madison Keys
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Catherine McNally vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Magda Linette vs. Linda Noskova
• Coco Gauff vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Victoria Azarenka (14) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Xiyu Wang: thursday
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (13): 7-6 (5), 6-2