Italian Open: Kerber dismantles Davis to reach second round
Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-0 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play No 17 seed Veronika Kudermetova in the next round
Angelique Kerber, Rome 2020
German Angelique Kerber beat American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Kerber, ranked No 331, will play No 17 seed Veronika Kudermetova next.
Roma WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
- Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
- Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
- Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
- Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Bernarda Pera
- Greet Minnen vs. Diana Shnaider: tuesday
- Magdalena Frech vs. Ashlyn Krueger: tuesday
- 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
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