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The seeds in the top half of the Rome women’s draw swing into action on Thursday, headlined by No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 3 Coco Gauff.
Also on tap is an intriguing second-round matchup between new top-20 player Marta Kostyuk, and former Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka.
Osaka did well on Wednesday in getting past France’s Clara Burel, running away with it in the second set.
Also – a Vera Zvonareva sighting!!! In doubles with young Mirra Andreeva.
Notably, No. 25 seed Barbora Krejcikova is out – replaced by lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian.
(Rome is 6 hours ahead of EDT)
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
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
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Results
Singles, second round
Upsets
[Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [14] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 60 61
Diana Shnaider (RUS) def [15] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 61 63
[PR] Angelique Kerber (GER) def [17] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 63 60
Naomi Osaka (JPN) def [19] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 63 62
Paula Badosa (ESP) def [21] Emma Navarro (USA) 16 64 62
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [31] Sloane Stephens (USA) 63 62
Seeds scuffling
[6] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def. Ana Bogdan (ROU) 62 36 64
[12] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def Wang Xinyu (CHN) 46 63 64
[18] Madison Keys (USA) def. Camila Osorio (COL) 60 46 63
Seeds rolling
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [Q] Bernarda Pera (USA) 60 62
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def Magdalena Frech (POL) 63 63
[7] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [PR] Shelby Rogers (USA) 62 60
[10] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 75 61
[28] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. [Q] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 75 60
[29] Linda Noskova (CZE) def [WC] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) 63 76 (1)
Other results
[LL] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 57 62 62
Singles, first round
[PR] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def. [Q] Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 57 63 64
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def. [Q] Renata Zarazua (MEX) 46 75 63
[WC] Sara Errani (ITA) def [PR] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 46 62 61
[Q] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def. [WC] Federica Di Sarra (ITA) 61 63
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def Wang Xiyu (CHN) 61 75
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 64 63
[Q] Laura Siegemund (GER) def. [Q] Maria Lourdes Carlé (ARG) 26 64 64
[Q] Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def. [WC] Giorgia Pedone (ITA) 64 61
[Q] Clara Tauson (DEN) def Daria Saville (AUS) 62 63
[Q] Katie Volynets (USA) def Wang Yafan (CHN) 76 (6) 61
Doubles, first round
Anhelina Kalinina / Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [ALT] Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 60 63
[5] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)
Magda Linette (POL) / Zhang Shuai (POL) vs. Mirra Andreeva / Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
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