Italian Open: Fruhvirtova recovers to beat Townsend and reach second round

Qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova beat American Taylor Townsend 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Fruhvirtova, ranked No 102, will play No 28 seed Sorana Cirstea next.

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

• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
• Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Giorgia Pedone
• Federica Di Sarra vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund: wednesday
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio: wednesday
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette: wednesday
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel: wednesday
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Anna Blinkova beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Ashlyn Krueger: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 6-0
• Lucrezia Stefanini (WC) beat Vittoria Paganetti (WC): 7-5, 6-3
• Ana Bogdan beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-4, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Yue Yuan: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Camila Osorio beat Arantxa Rus: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Martina Trevisan (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers beat Lisa Pigato (WC): 6-1, 6-0