Wednesday 16 May 2018

Italian Open 1st round complete

Three men and two women have booked themselves spots in the third round of the Italian Open while the first round of both draws is complete.


Two of the three men in the final 16 are German - Peter Gojowczyk who eliminated wildcard Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-4, and Philipp Kohlschreiber who defeated thirteenth seed Jack Sock 6-4 6-3.

Joining them is David Goffin (9) who sent another wildcard - Marco Cecchinato - packing, after a slow start, 5-7 6-2 6-2


In the round of sixteen on the WTA side are Jelena Ostapenko (5) and Elina Svitolina (4).

Svitolina, after a first round bye,  showed no mercy in smashing Petra Martic 6-1 6-2, while Ostapenko was in fine fettle, showing Shuai Zhang the exit 6-2 7-5.


The remaining first round matches:

Damir Dzumhur defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-1

Denis Shapovalov defeated Tomas Berdych (15) 1-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated another qualifier Filippo Baldi 6-4 4-6 6-4

Diego Schwartzman (14) defeated qualifier Nicolas Jarry 6-4 6-1

Qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Borna Coric 4-1 (retired)

Lucas Pouille (16) defeated wildcard Andreas Seppi 6-2 3-6 7-6(3)


Timea Babos defeated wildcard Sara Errani 6-3 7-6(6)

 Maria Sharapova defeated Ash Barty (16) 7-5 3-6 6-2

Qualifier Su-Wei Hseih defeated lucky loser in qualifying Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-4

Maria Sakkari defeated last weeks Madrid finalist Kiki Bertens 6-2 4-6 6-3

Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Shuai Peng 4-6 6-4 6-1

Angie Kerber (11) defeated lucky loser in qualifying Zarina Diyas 6-2 7-6(6)

Daria Kasatkina (14) defeated qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0 6-4

Qualifier Danielle Collins defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-4

Elena Vesnina defeated Laura Siegemund 7-6(5) 6-2

Sveta Kuznetsova defeated qualifier Polona Hercog 6-2 6-4

Anastasija Sevastova (15) defeated Kiki Mladenovic 6-3 3-0 (retired)


The top three seeds in both the WTA and ATP draws:


Simona Halep

Caroline Wozniacki 

Garbine Muguruza 


Rafa Nadal 

Sascha Zverev 

Grigor Dimitrov 


will make their first appearance in second round matches tomorrow after first round byes.

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