Italian Open: Sakkari reaches third round

Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, beat French qualifier Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.

Sakkari, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Lesia Tsurenko and No 30 seed Anhelina Kalinina next.

Gracheva, ranked No 88, won against Italian wildcard Federica Di Sarra (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

Roma WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):

• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sara Errani
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Oceane Dodin
• Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: friday
• Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova: friday
• Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0