Italian Open: lucky loser Rakhimova into second round
Kamilla Rakhimova beat Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday. She’ll face No 10 seed Emma Navarro in the next round
Kamilia Rakhimova – Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova beat Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday. Rakhimova, ranked No 85, will face No 10 seed Emma Navarro next.
Rakhimova, aged 23, has secured one WTA Challenger title and eight ITF titles in her career. Her notable singles performance includes winning the WTA 125 title in Guadalajara in 2024, where she defeated players like Martina Trevisan and Tatjana Maria.
She reached the third round at Roland-Garros 2023, marking her best Grand Slam performance to date. She was defeated by Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.
Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Antonia Ruzic vs. Tyra Caterina Grant
- Alexandra Eala vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Katie Volynets vs. Arantxa Rus
- Maya Joint vs. Emma Raducanu
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Emiliana Arango vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Olga Danilovic
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katie Boulter
- Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Anna Blinkova
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anna Bondar
- Maria Sakkari vs. Belinda Bencic
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Federica Urgesi
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Eva Lys
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Arianna Zucchini vs. Victoria Mboko
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Olivia Gadecki: wednesday
- 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)
