Italian Open: Giorgi reaches defeats Rus

Italian Camila Giorgi reached the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday evening.

Giorgi, ranked No 37, will face No 15 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

Rome WTA 1000, other results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam: wednesday
• 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