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Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who snuck in as the No. 17 seed in Madrid but is unseeded here, took on No. 14 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as the main draw got under way for the women in Rome.

Pavlyuchenkova has been out with injury for several months, and is just back in action. So it was a good opportunity against last year’s Roland Garros finalist. And after a slow start, Fernandez outlasted her.

Meanwhile, there are two WTA 125s on clay this week, giving lower-ranked players more opportunities before many of them hit the Roland Garros qualifying in just a week’s time.

ATP Rome – Monday, May 9, 2022 final results

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 9 – 15, 2022
Prize money: $2,527,250
Draws: S56 – D28

Monday, May 9, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [14] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 16 61 62

[12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def [WC] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 64 62
[15] Coco Gauff (USA) def Angelique Kerber (GER) 61 64
[16] Victoria Azarenka def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 63 60

Simona Halep (ROU) def. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 64 64
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def. Madison Keys (USA) 64 64
Daria Kasatkina def. Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 64 63
[Q] Petra Martic (CRO) def [PR] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 62 36 61
[Q] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. [Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO) 75 46 75
[Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich def Veronika Kudermetova 36 76 (4) 61
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def Camila Giorgi (ITA) 63 42 retd
Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. [WC] Martina Trevisan (ITA) 64 62

Doubles, first round

[6] Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Sania Mirza (IND) def Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 61 62

[8] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Shelby Rogers (USA) 76 (3) 06 [10-5]

Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Han Xinyun (CHN) def. Natela Dzalamidze / Lidziya Marozava 76 (9) 63
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) / Liudmila Samsonova def Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 64 26 [11-9]
Ekaterina Makarova / Anna Danilina (KAZ) def. [WC] Claude Giovine / Anastasia Grymalska (ITA) 63 64
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. Viktorija Golubic / Jil Teichmann (SUI) 63 64

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Trophée Lagardère
Location: Paris, France
Surface: Red Clay
Category: WTA 125
Dates: May 9 – 15, 2022
Prize money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, May 9, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Kaia Kanepi (EST) def. Kamilla Rakhimova 64 62
[2] Magda Linette (POL) def. [WC] Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 64 36 75
[8] Magdalena Frech (POL) def. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 61 64

Ana Bogdan (ROU) def Fiona Ferro (FRA) 63 75
Anastasia Gasanova def. Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA) 63 64
Su Jeong Jang (KOR) def Chloe Paquet (FRA) 64 61

Doubles, first round

[2] Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Miyu Kato (JPN) def. Marine Partaud / Lucie Wargnier (FRA) 62 61

Linda Fruhvirtova / Renata Voracova (CZE) def. Angelina Gabueva / Anastasia Zakharova 63 57 [10-7]
Elsa Jacquemot / Selena Janicijevic (FRA) def Varvara Gracheva / Heather Watson (GBR) 62 64

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[WC] Delia Gaillard (FRA) def [4] Kateryna Zavatska (UKR) 04 retd ([4] Varvara Gracheva)
[1] Arianne Hartono (NED) def Joanne Zuger (SUI) 76 (4) 61 ([WC] Elsa Jacquemot)
[WC] Marine Partaud (FRA) def [3] Lizette Cabrera (AUS) 75 64 ([5] Anna Kalinskaya)
Anastasia Zakharova def [2] Christina McHale (USA) 60 63 (Hailey Baptiste)