Italian Open: Ostapenko downs Cirstea to reach third round

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 20 seed, moved into the third round of the Italian Open by winning against Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.

Ostapenko, ranked No 20, will face Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 10 seed, next.

Cirstea, ranked No 34, edged out American Katie Volynets (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

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

• Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Bernarda Pera: friday
• Lisa Pigato vs. Daria Kasatkina: friday
• Camila Giorgi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: friday
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 4-1 ret.
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Paula Badosa beat Ons Jabeur (4): 6-1, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk (32) beat Claire Liu: 6-0, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-0, 6-0
• Donna Vekic (21) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Karolina Muchova beat Martina Trevisan (18): 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Julia Grabher beat Jil Teichmann (26): 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-1, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Sofia Kenin beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Petra Martic (29): 6-4, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (23) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Keys (19) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (27) beat Catherine McNally: 6-4, 6-3
• Magda Linette (17) beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-0, 6-1
• Victoria Azarenka (14) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-3
• Xiyu Wang beat Irina-Camelia Begu (31): 6-4, 7-5
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (13): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-2