Italian Open: Pera knocks out Dolehide to book spot in second round

Qualifier Bernarda Pera defeated Caroline Dolehide 7-6 (6), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Pera, ranked No 77, will face top seed Iga Swiatek next.

Rome WTA 1000, other first-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):

• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
• Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Giorgia Pedone
• Federica Di Sarra vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Laura Siegemund: wednesday
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio: wednesday
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette: wednesday
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel: wednesday
• Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Taylor Townsend: 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Anna Blinkova beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Donna Vekic: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Ashlyn Krueger: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 6-0
• 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