Italian Open: Paolini to face Rybakina in round of 64

Italian Jasmine Paolini reached the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday.

Paolini, ranked No 65, will play No 7 seed Elena Rybakina next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 1st round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Sloane Stephens vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lauren Davis
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
• Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Errani
• Catherine McNally vs. Dalila Spiteri
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Sofia Kenin vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
• Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3