Italian Open: Zheng dismantles Shelby Rogers to reach third round

Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, reached the third round of the Italian Open by defeating American Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Zheng, ranked No 7, will play No 29 seed Linda Noskova next.

Rogers, ranked No 398, won against Italian wildcard Lisa Pigato (6-1, 6-0) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

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

• Ons Jabeur vs. Sofia Kenin
• 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
• Camila Osorio vs. Madison Keys
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Xinyu Wang
• Coco Gauff vs. Magdalena Frech
• Naomi Osaka vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Linda Noskova 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