Italian Open: Kalinskaya moves into second round

Russian Anna Kalinskaya won against Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, on Wednesday evening.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 57, will face No 25 seed Elise Mertens next.

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

• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi: wednesday in Rome
• Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam: wednesday in Rome
• 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