Italian Open: Sasnovich dismantles Alexandrova to move into third round

Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich advanced to the third round of the Italian Open by defeating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 14 seed, 6-0, 6-1 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Sasnovich, ranked No 113, will play German Angelique Kerber next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the Belarusian won against Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6-2, 7-6 (6)).

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

• Dayana Yastremska vs. Laura Siegemund
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Elise Mertens vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Danielle Collins vs. Anna Blinkova
• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera
• Emma Navarro vs. Paula Badosa
• Ana Bogdan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Coco Gauff vs. Magdalena Frech
• Camila Osorio vs. Madison Keys
• Naomi Osaka vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xinyu Wang
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
• Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
• Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0