Italian Open: Sasnovich upends Leylah Fernandez
Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will face No 21 seed Donna Vekic in the next round
Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich celebrates after winning her third round match against Germany’s Angelique Kerber (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich reached the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday evening.
Sasnovich, ranked No 44, will play No 21 seed Donna Vekic next.
Rome WTA 1000, other first-round matches and results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):
- Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
- Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
- Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Karolina Muchova
- Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elina Svitolina
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Tereza Martincova vs. Alize Cornet
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Errani
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Osorio
- Taylor Townsend vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lauren Davis
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Matilde Paoletti vs. Magdalena Frech
- Sloane Stephens vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Ana Bogdan vs. Nao Hibino
- Tatjana Maria vs. Anna Bondar
- Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
- Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
- Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
- Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
- 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
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