Italian Open: Noskova makes third round
Linda Noskova beat Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-2 on Friday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango and Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova in action during her Rome round of 128 match against Shelby Rogers of the U.S. (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
No 30 seed Linda Noskova defeated Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico on Friday afternoon.
Noskova, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango and Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, next.
Kartal, ranked No 56, edged out Australian Kimberly Birrell (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
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
- Jil Teichmann vs. Emma Raducanu
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Antonia Ruzic
- Emiliana Arango vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Amanda Anisimova: friday
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-1, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech (26) beat Victoria Azarenka: 7-5, 6-4
- Clara Tauson (22) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-5, 4-1 ret.
- Magda Linette (32) beat Maria Sakkari (Q): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Sofia Kenin (31) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-3, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 6-2
- Laura Siegemund (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (18): 6-0, 6-3
- Madison Keys (5) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Elina Svitolina (16) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 6-2
- Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (19): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Danielle Collins (29) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Lulu Sun: 6-4, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- Peyton Stearns beat Anna Kalinskaya (28): 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (25) beat Suzan Lamens: 3-6, 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
