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There are 16 second-round matches from the top half of the draw – including wild card Bianca Andreescu meeting No. 12 seed Belinda Bencic.
As well, a pair of matches suspended from Tuesday night.
There are some notable players who have not played much this clay season: Tauson, Kessler, Kalinskaya and Barbora Krejcikova – who has the unenviable task of facing No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
(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 5 – 17, 2026
Prize Money: €7,228,080
Draws: S96 – D32
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Order of play
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Campo Centrale (11 a.m. start – 5 a.m. EDT)
2. [9] Jamine Paolini (ITA) vs. [Q] Léolia Jeanjean (FR)A
3. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs. Tereza Valentova (CZE)
5. [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) (not before 8:30 p.m.)
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BNP Paribas Arena
1. [8] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs. Antonia Ruzic (CRO)
2. [LL] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) vs. [Q] Noemi Basiletti (ITA) *35 – to be completed
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SuperTennis Arena
1. [30] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) vs. Zheng Qinwen (CHN)
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Pietrangeli
3. [29] Maya Joint (AUS) vs. Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
4. [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
6. [16] Iva Jovic (USA) vs. McCartney Kessler (USA)
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Court 13
3. [26] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER)
4. [22] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
5. Solana Sierra (ARG) vs. [Q] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)
6. [24] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs. [Q] Taylor Townsend (USA)
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Court 1
1. [21] Elise Mertens (BL) vs. Paanna Udvardy (HUN)
3. [18] Clara Tauson (DEN) vs. Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR)
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Court 2
2. Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) vs. [Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) 57 64 *14 30-40 – to be completed
3. [13] Linda Noskova (CZE) vs. Anastasia Zakharova (RUS)
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