WTA Rome: Gauff gets through the danger, Andreeva gets her first win in Rome

On May 9, local time, the second round of the women's singles upper half of the women's singles continued at the WTA1000 Rome station, and the No. 4 seed Gauff passed the danger, she overcame the unfavorable situation of dropping a set first, and finally reversed the young player Mboko who broke through from the qualifying round 3-6/6-2/6-1 and advanced to the women's singles round of 32, which took 1 hour and 43 minutes.

Gauff

Gauff had previously reached the semi-finals of the Women's Singles in Rome in 2021 and 2024, losing to Swiatek in the semi-finals. Gauff's opponent in the third round will be No. 32 seed Rinet.

Andreyeva, who has just turned 18, defeated qualifier Arango in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to claim her first career win in Roma and will face 30th seed Noskova in the third round.

Former tournament champion and 11th seed Rybakina overcame a 4-2 deficit in the first set to get off to a flying start with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win over Germany's Leis. Former US Open champion Raducanu beat lucky loser Teichmann 6-2, 6-2, and the British's last appearance in Rome was back in 2022 when she retired injured against Andreescu. Raducanu's original second-round opponent was 21st seed Aleksandar Aleksandrova, who withdrew due to a right shoulder injury and was replaced by Teichmann.

Raducanu's opponent in the third round was Kudermetova, who eliminated 15th seed Anisimova 7-6(5), 7-5.

Results of the remaining races:

[24] Fernandez 6-4 6-0 [Q]Rudjic

Kostyuk 6-4 6-2 [14]Kasatina

Andreescu 6-1 3-6 6-2 [20]Vekic

[10] Navarro 6-1 6-3 [L] Laximova

[22] Towson 7-5 4-1 [Q] Volinets (retired)

[30] Noskova 6-4 6-2 Qatar

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)