The world’s number one Iga Swiatek (Poland) and the American tennis talent Cori Coco Gauff qualified for the third round of the clay tennis tournament WTA 1000 Rome Open with a prize money of 5.5 million EUR.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek was perfect against Bernarda Pera (USA), winning by 2-0 (6:0, 6:2) in just 78 minutes of play in her first match in Rome. The Polish tennis player won seven games in a row at the start of the match, took a 5:1 lead in the second set and confidently closed the match 6:2 in her favor.
In the next round, Iga Swiatek will face Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan), who eliminated the 31st-seeded Sloane Stephens (USA) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:2) in 75 minutes of play.
Cori Coco Gauff prevailed over Magdalena Frech (Poland) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:3) in 1:25 hours of play in another match of the second round of the tournament in Rome.
The third-seeded American played allowed a break in the first game of the match, but in total she won her opponent’s serve three times and prevailed 6:3. After exchanging a total of six breaks in the second set, Cori Coco Gauff again reached 6:3 and the ultimate success.
Cori Coco Gauff’s next opponent will be Romanian player Jacqueline Christian.
The 6th-seeded Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) eliminated Ana Bogdan (Romania) by 2-1 (6:2, 3:6, 6:4) in a match that lasted two hours and 28 minutes. Her opponent in the third round will be another representative of Romania – the 28th ranked Sorana Cirstea, who defeated Brenda Fruhvirtova (Czech republic) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:0).
Paula Badosa (Spain) qualified for the third round after defeating the 21st-seeded Emma Navarro (USA) with 2-1 (1:6, 6:4, 6:2), and the 12th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) arranged a match with Madison Keys (USA) in the third round after defeating Xinyu Wang (China) with 2-1 (4:6, 6:3, 6:4).
