Italian Open: Rogers sets up Qinwen Zheng clash

American Shelby Rogers moved into the second round of the Italian Open by defeating Italian wildcard Lisa Pigato 6-1, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Tuesday.

Rogers, ranked No 398, will play No 7 seed Qinwen Zheng next.

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

• Sara Errani vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Xiyu Wang
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Sofia Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Nuria Brancaccio
• Diane Parry vs. Anna Blinkova
• Petra Martic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Lin Zhu vs. Magda Linette
• Donna Vekic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Naomi Osaka vs. Clara Burel
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ana Bogdan vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Vittoria Paganetti vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Lauren Davis vs. Angelique Kerber
• Greet Minnen vs. Diana Shnaider
• Magdalena Frech vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Osorio
• Xinyu Wang vs. Yue Yuan
• Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Paula Badosa