Italian Open: Cristian through to third round

Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian advanced to the third round of the Italian Open by defeating Russian Elina Avanesyan 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday afternoon.

Cristian, ranked No 68, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Avanesyan, ranked No 72, edged out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5).

Roma WTA 1000, other third-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
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Caroline Garcia
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: thursday
• Coco Gauff 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
• 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