Italian Open: Mertens reaches third round

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 25 seed, won against Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday.

Mertens, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Ashlyn Krueger and No 3 seed Jessica Pegula next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Lamens, ranked No 71, defeated Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-1, 1-6, 6-1).

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

• Coco Gauff vs. Victoria Mboko
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Donna Vekic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Eva Lys
• Emma Navarro vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Emiliana Arango vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Raducanu
• Olga Danilovic vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Linda Noskova vs. Sonay Kartal
• Katie Volynets vs. Clara Tauson
• Magdalena Frech vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Maria Sakkari vs. Magda Linette
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sofia Kenin
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Karolina Muchova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Madison Keys vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
• Danielle Collins vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: thursday
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Lulu Sun: thursday
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Peyton Stearns beat Anna Kalinskaya (28): 6-2, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider (13) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-0, 6-0
• Naomi Osaka beat Viktorija Golubic (LL): 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Yulia Putintseva (23): 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Petra Kvitova vs. Ons Jabeur