Italian Open: Kerber thrashes Kudermetova to move into third round in style
Angelique Kerber beat Kudermetova 6-3, 6-0. She’ll face the winner of the match between Sasnovich and Alexandrova in the next round
Angelique Kerber, Rome 2020
German Angelique Kerber moved into the third round of the Italian Open by defeating Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 17 seed, 6-3, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Kerber, ranked No 331, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 14 seed, next.
The 36-year-old German won against American Lauren Davis (6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
Roma WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
- Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
- Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
- Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
- Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
- Camila Osorio vs. Madison Keys
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xinyu Wang
- Coco Gauff vs. Magdalena Frech
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Naomi Osaka vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Shelby Rogers vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Linda Noskova vs. Lucrezia Stefanini: thursday
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Tatjana Maria: thursday
- Diana Shnaider vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
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