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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.

ATP Roma – Thursday results

(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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ATP Roma – Wednesday results

WTA Roma – Wednesday, May 8, 2024 final results

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