Italian Open: Stephens earns shot at Azarenka in Rome

American Sloane Stephens defeated Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the 64 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday.

Stephens, ranked No 36 and the winner last weekend in Saint-Malo, will face No 14 seed Victoria Azarenka next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 128 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
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Tereza Martincova vs. Alize Cornet
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Elina Svitolina
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lauren Davis
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Taylor Townsend vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Errani
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Osorio
• Matilde Paoletti vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
• Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• 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