Italian Open: Wang Xiyu sees off Begu to take place in round three

Chinese Xiyu Wang moved into the first round of the Italian Open by winning against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 31 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday.

Wang, ranked No 75, will face the winner of the match between qualifier Taylor Townsend and No 3 seed Jessica Pegula next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the 22-year-old Chinese beat Italian wildcard Lucrezia Stefanini (7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)).

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

• Lisa Pigato vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jil Teichmann vs. Julia Grabher
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Danka Kovinic
• Camila Giorgi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Claire Liu vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Ons Jabeur vs. Paula Badosa
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina
• Elise Mertens vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Strycova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Ana Bogdan
• Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula
• Camila Osorio vs. Petra Martic
• Alize Cornet vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Madison Keys
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Catherine McNally vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Magda Linette vs. Linda Noskova
• Coco Gauff vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Victoria Azarenka (14) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Bondar (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (13): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-2