Italian Open: Stefanini dispatches compatriot Paganetti to make second round
Lucrezia Stefanini beat Vittoria Paganetti 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will face No 29 seed Linda Noskova in the next round
Lucrezia Stefanini (Imago/Panoramic)
Wildcard Lucrezia Stefanini beat wildcard Vittoria Paganetti 7-5, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Stefanini, ranked No 179, will play No 29 seed Linda Noskova next.
Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
- Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
- Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
- Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
- Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Greet Minnen vs. Diana Shnaider
- Magdalena Frech vs. Ashlyn Krueger: tuesday
- Lauren Davis vs. Angelique Kerber: tuesday
- Ana Bogdan beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-4, 6-1
- Xinyu Wang vs. Yue Yuan: tuesday
- 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
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