Italian Open: Begu makes third round as Dodin retires

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu advanced to the third round of the Italian Open when French lucky loser Oceane Dodin retired at the Foro Italico in Rome on Friday.

Begu, ranked No 161, led 5-2 when Dodin, ranked No 73, pulled out on Friday afternoon at the Foro Italico in Rome.

The 33-year-old Romanian will play Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 27 seed, next.

Irina-Camelia Begu edged out Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova (5-7, 6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

Roma WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):

• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina vs. Sara Errani
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
• Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya: friday
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko: friday
• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin: friday
• Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Elise Mertens beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0