Italian Open: Sramkova reaches second round

Slovak Rebecca Sramkova beat American McCartney Kessler 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Tuesday.

Sramkova, ranked No 41, will play No 17 seed Jelena Ostapenko next.

Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sara Errani vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Olga Danilovic
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Camila Osorio
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Federica Urgesi
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Eva Lys
• Alexandra Eala vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Peyton Stearns vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Sonay Kartal
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Anastasija Sevastova: 6-3, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-0
• Petra Kvitova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 7-5, 6-1
• Lulu Sun beat Giorgia Pedone (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Ann Li: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)