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The women are already in the third round (well, “already” is doing a lot of work there, as there are still eight days to go in the tournament).
But Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins had promise. And was a shocker. So did Paolini v Jabeur in terms of seeing a little court craft, although Paolini got through fairly routinely.
As well, top seeds Dabrowski and Routliffe – the Cana-Kiwis – got their doubles under way along with fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez. All got through.
And: can Naomi Osaka continue her run? She did, against a pretty good opponent.
Bottom line, though: three of the top five seeds are out.
(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).
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Location: Rome, Italy
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 6 – 18, 2025
Prize Money: $6,911,032
Draws: S96 – D32
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Final results
Singles, third round
Upsets
[29] Danielle Collins (USA) def [2] Iga Swiatek (POL) 61 75
[25] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) 75 61
Peyton Stearns (USA) def [5] Madison Keys (USA) 26 62 76 (3)
No-shows
[17] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. [LL] Laura Siegemund (GER) WALKOVER
Notables
Naomi Osaka (JPN) def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 46 63 63
Seeds advancing
[6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [27] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 64 63
[13] Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 63 63
[16] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. [Q] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 64 36 64
Doubles, first round
Canadian content
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 63 62
Notables
[WC] Alexandra Eala (PHI) / Coco Gauff (USA) def Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) 63 61
[6] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS) def. Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) 63 61
Upsets
[WC] Tyra Caterina Grant / Lisa Pigato (ITA) def [7] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 26 64 [10-5]
Other results
[8] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Angelica Moratelli (ITA) 57 60 [10-7]
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def Wang Xinu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 64 16 [10-7]
Daria Kasatkina (AUS) / Peyton Stearns (USA) def Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 63 64
Storm Hunter / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. Magda Linette (POL) / Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 61 62
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def. Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 63 62