Raducanu reaches third round in Rome for first time after late opponent switch

Emma Raducanu moved into the third round of the Italian Open by defeating Swiss lucky loser Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.

Raducanu, ranked No 49, will play Russian Veronika Kudermetova next.

The Briton had been expecting to play Ekaterina Alexandrova but was told the Russian had pulled out shortly before her match was due to begin.

“It was pretty mental, I was warming up for Alexandrova, I was praticsing with Mirra (Andreeva), all of a sudden I get told I’m playing Jil, on top of that she’s a lefty,” Raducanu told Sky Sports.

“It is a complete different challenge. I haven’t played a lefty since (Marketa) Vondrousova in February, so it was a challenge. The first few games I had to adjust to the way the ball curls but I’m really proud of how I came through that.”

Ahead of her victory, Emma Raducanu won against Australian qualifier Maya Joint (7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3).

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
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Antonia Ruzic
• Emma Navarro vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: friday
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Kasatkina: friday
• Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Amanda Anisimova (15): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Linda Noskova (30) beat Sonay Kartal: 6-4, 6-2
• 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