Italian Open: Shnaider eases past Minnen to move into second round

Russian Diana Shnaider beat Belgian Greet Minnen 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma.

Shnaider, ranked No 62, will play No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova next.

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

• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Giorgia Pedone
• Federica Di Sarra vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
• Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
• Taylor Townsend vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera
• Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Tatjana Maria vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Magdalena Frech vs. Ashlyn Krueger: tuesday
• Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 6-0
• Lucrezia Stefanini (WC) beat Vittoria Paganetti (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-4, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Yue Yuan: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Arantxa Rus: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Martina Trevisan (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers beat Lisa Pigato (WC): 6-1, 6-0