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No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and No. 4 Elena Rybakina get started, along with Danielle Collins, Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur and more.
Check that – Rybakina was a late withdrawal – again – with an unspecified illness. Not for the first time this spring.
Canadians Leylah Fernandez (with Arantxa Rus), is in doubles after being vastly disappointed in an opening-round exit in singles.
Cana-Kiwi Erin Routliffe, playing with Coco Gauff as partner Gabriela Dabrowski is out injured, is the No. 3 seed and also swings onto the court.
(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
Friday, May 10, 2024
Final results
Singles, second round
Injury retirements
[13] Danielle Collins (USA) def. Anna Blinkova (RUS) 64 retd
[PR] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def [4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [LL] Océane Dodin (FRA) 52 retd
[30] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 20 retd
Upsets
Sofia Kenin (USA) def [8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 75 26 64
Mayar Sherif (EGY) def [11] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 76 (4) 26 64
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [20] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 63 16 75
[Q] Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def [26] Katie Boulter (GBR) 64 76 (8)
Seeds scuffling
[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 46 63 62
[24] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Magda Linette (POL) 67 (5) 64 63
[32] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def. [Q] Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 75 62
Seeds rolling
[5] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. [Q] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 62 62
[9] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 64 62
[16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def [WC] Sara Errani (ITA) 60 62
[22] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 62 76 (5)
[23] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. [Q] Clara Tauson (DEN) 61 62
[27] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 61 64
Doubles, first round
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Anna Blinkova / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 46 63 [10-4]
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Arantxa Rus (NED) def. Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Alycia Parks (USA) 62 75
Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def [4] Demi Schuurs (NED) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 64 67 (3) [10-8]
[8] Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) def. Sloane Stephens (USA) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 62 63
[9] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Ingrid Neel (EST) 61 63
[WC] Angelica Moratelli / Camila Rosatello (ITA) def Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 67 (4) 64 [11-9]
Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def Asia Muhammad (USA) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 62 62
[WC] Anastasia Abbagnato / Aurora Zantedeschi (ITA) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Linda Noskova (CZE) 75 64
Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def Heather Watson (GBR) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 63 16 [10-8]
What is Gaby’s injury, is it temporary?