Italian Open: Potapova beats Xiyu to move into second round

Russian Anastasia Potapova reached the second round of the Italian Open by beating Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-1, 7-5 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Potapova, ranked No 43, will play No 9 seed Jelena Ostapenko next.

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

• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets
• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova: thursday
• Daria Saville vs. Clara Tauson: thursday
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Giorgia Pedone (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Renata Zarazua vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: thursday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Federica Di Sarra (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-2
• Mayar Sherif beat Petra Martic: 6-2, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova beat Nuria Brancaccio (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Magda Linette beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Clara Burel: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-6 (6), 6-3
• 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