Italian Open: Ruse crushes Linda Fruhvirtova to reach second round

Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse reached the second round of the Italian Open by winning against Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-1, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Wednesday.

Ruse, ranked No 152, will face No 12 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia next.

Rome WTA 1000, other 128 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi
• Paula Badosa vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Nuria Brancaccio vs. Julia Grabher
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Camilla Rosatello vs. Claire Liu
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Tereza Martincova vs. Alize Cornet
• Katie Volynets vs. Sorana Cirstea: wednesday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Danka Kovinic: wednesday
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Elina Svitolina: 6-4, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-0
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-1, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)
• Sloane Stephens beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Matilde Paoletti (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Ana Bogdan beat Nao Hibino (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Dalila Spiteri (WC): 6-0, 6-1
• Anett Kontaveit beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Diletta Cherubini (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
• Anna Blinkova beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3