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The women’s qualifying wraps up.
And the main draw also gets under way even if late-afternoon shower predictions might back that up a bit. The main draw matches are scheduled after the qualifying matches.
Leylah Fernandez, squeezed out of the seeding by one spot, has to play a first-round match and will face the game Ana Bondar of Romania.
Also getting their tournament under way are Angelique Kerber, Yulia Putintseva and – in the spotlight, Paula Badosa vs Mirra Andreeva.
(Rome is 6 hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Rome, Italy
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: May 8 – 19, 2024
Prize money: $5,509,771
Draws: S96 – D32
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Paula Badosa (ESP) def. Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 62 63
Magdalena Frech (POL) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 76 (2) 63
[PR] Angelique Kerber (GER) def. [PR] Lauren Davis (USA) 61 60
Camila Osorio (COL) def Arantxa Rus (NED) 46 63 64
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. [WC] Martina Trevisan (ITA) 63 64
[PR] Shelby Rogers (USA) def. [WC] Lisa Pigato (ITA) 61 60
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Greet Minnen (BEL) 62 63
[WC] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) def. [WC] Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) 75 63
Wang Xinyu (CHN) def. Yuan Yue (CHN) 46 61 62
Qualifying, final round
(1st-round opponents in brackets)
[7] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) def Taylah Preston (AUS) 46 64 61 ([Q] Laura Siegemund)
[22] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [2] Océane Dodin (FRA) 64 63 (Taylor Townsend)
[ALT] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [3] VIktorija Golubic (SUI) 61 76 (4) (Tatjana Maria)
[13] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def [1] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 36 62 63 ([WC] Federica Di Sarra)
[11] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) def Laura Pigossi (ITA) 67 (3) 63 75 ([PR] Irina-Camelia Begu)
[4] Bernarda Pera (USA) def [16] Anna Bondar (HUN) 36 64 62 ([Q] Caroline Dolehide)
[24] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [PR] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 75 62 (Anna Karolina Schmiedlova)
[8] Laura Siegemund (GER) def [15] Julia Riera (ARG) 64 64 ([Q] Maria Lourdes Carlé)
Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def Darja Semenistaja (LAT) 63 64 ([WC] Giorgia Pedone)
[5] Clara Tauson (DEN) def Olga Danilovic (SRB) 62 60 (Daria Saville)
[21] Katie Volynets (USA) def Yuliia Starodubtseva (RUS) 46 64 64 (Wang Yafan)
[20] Renata Zarazua (MEX) def [6] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 64 26 76 (5) (Elisabetta Cocciaretto)