Italian Open: Badosa last qualified for the second round, Jabeur next!
Paula Badosa edged out Anna-Lena Friedsam 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday evening
Spaniard Paula Badosa edged out German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) to move into the 64 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday evening.
Badosa, ranked No 35, will play No 4 seed Ons Jabeur next.
Rome WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):
- Camila Giorgi beat Arantxa Rus (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-5
- Julia Grabher beat Nuria Brancaccio (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Alize Cornet beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Claire Liu beat Camilla Rosatello (WC): 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-2
- Sorana Cirstea beat Katie Volynets: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Danka Kovinic beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-1, 6-0
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Elina Svitolina: 6-4, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva beat Viktoriya Tomova (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-0
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-0
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Camila Osorio (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)
- Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Matilde Paoletti (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
- Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
- Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
- Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
- Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
- Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
- Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
- Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
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