Italian Open: Third seed Gauff eases into third round

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, beat Pole Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday evening.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Russian Elina Avanesyan and Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Frech, ranked No 55, won against American Ashlyn Krueger (7-6 (2), 6-3).

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
• 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
• Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xinyu Wang: thursday
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jaqueline Cristian: thursday
• 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