Venus Williams was a first-round winner under lights in Rome while Juan Martin del Potro and Maria Sharapova made winning returns to the Eternal City after long absences.
Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ATP Masters 1000
First round
[9] D. Goffin (BEL) d [LL] T. Bellucci (BRA) 67(5) 63 64
J. del Potro (ARG) d [10] G. Dimitrov (BUL) 36 62 63
S. Querrey (USA) d [11] L. Pouille (FRA) 76(6) 76(8)
[12] T. Berdych (CZE) d M. Zverev (GER) 76(7) 64
V. Troicki (SRB) d [WC] S. Napolitano (ITA) 76(1) 62
[Q] C. Berlocq (ARG) d R. Haase (NED) 63 75
F. Mayer (GER) d [Q] T. Monteiro (BRA) 64 62
R. Harrison (USA) d [LL] J. Donaldson (USA) 26 76(0) 63
[Q] J. Struff (GER) d B. Tomic (AUS) 67(8) 61 64
[Q] N. Almagro (ESP) d [WC] A. Seppi (ITA) 76(6) 63
K. Edmund (GBR) d J. Sousa (POR) 63 64
[Q] A. Bedene (GBR) d [WC] G. Mager (ITA) 67(3) 64 30 ret. (cramps)
Internazionali BNL d’Italia – WTA Premier 5
First round
[WC] M. Sharapova (RUS) d C. McHale (USA) 64 62
[16] M. Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d L. Safarova (CZE) 75 46 63
[12] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d S. Stosur (AUS) 64 67(5) 61
L. Siegemund (GER) d N. Osaka (JPN) 62 64
C. Garcia (FRA) d [Q] D. Vekic (CRO) 76(2) 36 76(6)
K. Siniakova (CZE) d S. Zhang (CHN) 57 63 76(6)
Y. Putintseva (KAZ) d M. Puig (PUR) 62 75
L. Tsurenko (UKR) d [WC] D. Chiesa (ITA) 75 62
[9] V. Williams (USA) d Y. Shvedova (KAZ) 64 76(4)
J. Jankovic (SRB) d A. Riske (USA) 63 63
A. Cornet (FRA) d [WC] S. Errani (ITA) 63 64
[Q] M. Barthel (GER) d S. Peng (CHN) 61 36 63
[Q] Q. Wang (CHN) d [11] E. Vesnina (RUS) 62 64
[14] B. Strycova (CZE) d D. Kasatkina (RUS) 46 43 ret.
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