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Italian Open: Mertens reaches third round
Elise Mertens won against Suzan Lamens 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Ashlyn Krueger and No 3 seed Jessica Pegula in the next round
Italian Open: Ostapenko makes third round
Jelena Ostapenko won against Rebecca Sramkova 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. She'll play the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti and No 12 seed Karolina Muchova in the next round
Italian Open: Stearns upsets Kalinskaya to reach third round
Peyton Stearns won against Anna Kalinskaya 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva in the next round
Swiatek storms into third round in Rome
Iga Swiatek beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between American Danielle Collins, the No 29 seed, and Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the next round
Shnaider makes history with double-bagel over Dolehide in Rome
The Russian is the first woman ever to record a 6-0, 6-0 win in consecutive WTA 1000 events
Osaka battles back to beat Golubic for third-round spot in Rome
Italian Open: Jabeur into third round as Kvitova withdraws with shoulder injury
Italian Open: Raducanu battles hard to reach second round
Italian Open: Arango edges past Tomova to make second round
Italian Open: Pavlyuchenkova defeats Boulter to make second round
Italian Open: Sakkari into second round as Bencic retires injured
Italian Open: Krueger beats Bondar to set up Pegula clash in second round
Italian Open: Ruse beats Polina Kudermetova to make second round
Italian Open: Lys thrashes Uchijima to breeze into second round
Italian Open: Andreescu eases past wildcard Urgesi to reach second round
Italian Open: Cocciaretto beats Avanesyan to advance to second round
Italian Open: Mboko sweeps past wildcard Zucchini to reach second round
Italian Open: Dolehide defeats Gadecki to move into second round
How unexpected appearance in Saint-Malo reignited Osaka’s clay-court swing
Italian Open: Gracheva eases past qualifier Tomljanovic to make second round