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There were 16 second-round matches from the top half of the draw – including wild card Bianca Andreescu meeting No. 12 seed Belinda Bencic.
As well, a pair of matches suspended from Tuesday night.
There were some notable players who have not played much this clay season: Tauson, Kessler, Kalinskaya and Barbora Krejcikova – who had the unenviable task of facing No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Tauson didn’t finish. Amanda Anisimova did show up in Rome, but pulled out before her opener.
(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT)
Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 5 – 17, 2026
Prize Money: €7,228,080
Draws: S96 – D32
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Canadian Content
[12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 64 61
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Retirements
Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) def [18] Clara Tauson (DEN) 61 31 retd
Upsets
[Q] Taylor Townsend (USA) def [24] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 63 75
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def [29] Maya Joint (AUS) 75 62
Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def [30] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 76 (6) 62
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Seeds scuffling
[9] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. [Q] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) 67 (4) 62 64
[16] Iva Jovic (USA) def. McCartney Kessler (USA) 76 (5) 76 (4)
[22] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 46 76 (4) 75
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Seeds rolling
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 62 63
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Tereza Valentova (CZE) 63 64
[8] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def Antonia Ruzic (CRO) 61 60
[13] Linda Noskova (CZE) def Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) 64 61
[21] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Panna Udvardy (HUN) 64 62
[26] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 62 60
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Other results
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) [LL] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 26 62 63
Solana Sierra (ARG) def [Q] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 62 63
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[Q] Noemi Basiletti (ITA) def [LL] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 75 64
[Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) def Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 75 46 61
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