Iga Swiatek makes speedy get started at Italian Open

Iga Swiatek disregarded Elisabetta Cocciaretto in simply 52 mins as she opened her account on the Italian Open on Thursday.

World quantity two Swiatek got here to Italy at the again of a demoralizing straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff within the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.

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But the 23-year-old Pole dropped only a unmarried sport in profitable 6-1, 6-0 in opposition to Italian Cocciaretto to transport onto a third-round assembly with both American Danielle Collins or Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania.

Swiatek is a three-time winner of the Italian Open and is the use of the claycourt event as a key step against her defence of her French Open name, however she is but to win a event this season.

In every other second-round fit, former global primary Naomi Osaka beat Swiss participant Viktorija Golubic 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

World primary Jannik Sinner will make his go back to pageant after a three-month doping ban via dealing with Mariano Navone on Saturday after the Argentinian beat Federico Cina 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday.