Italian Open: Svitolina books spot in third round

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 16 seed, moved into the third round of the Italian Open by winning against Italian wildcard Sara Errani 6-0, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Friday.

Svitolina, ranked No 19, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 23 seed, next.

Errani, ranked No 93, beat American Amanda Anisimova (4-6, 6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

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

• Mayar Sherif vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Katie Volynets vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Katie Boulter
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-0 ret.
• Caroline Garcia (22) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Victoria Azarenka (24) beat Magda Linette: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (32) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Clara Tauson (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Ons Jabeur (8): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Oceane Dodin (LL): 5-2 ret.
• Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Elise Mertens (27) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
• 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