The qualifiers for the women’s draw have not yet been completed Italian internationals feminine, but a Rome several first round matches have already been played, with the top Italian teams involved in the main draw. A stingy day for the Italian colours, waiting for the outcome of the derby between Paganetti and Stefanini: straight out Pigato and Trevisan. Advance among the big names Paula Badosa, at the first performance after the break with Tsitsipaswhich he liquidates in two sets Mirra Andreeva, waiting for the match in the evening Angelique Kerber.
Pigato can do nothing against Shelby Rogers: 6-1 6-0
Lisa Pigato, number 303 of the ranking, manages to win just one game against Shelby Rogerswhich showed up in Capital thanks to protected ranking (she slipped around the number 400: a couple of years ago she hung around the 30) and that, now that she feels she is better, she didn’t have too many difficulties in breaking the resistance of the young girl from Bergamo.
Who started the match too tense, making a lot of mistakes with the forehand and giving in without too much ambition in the first two rounds of service, ending up winning only one at 4-0 for the rival. That from that moment on she got even more shots, scoring 8 consecutive games to comfortably take the shift, also because with just the 35% of points won with the first (and 38% with the second) for Pigato it becomes impossible to resist, despite a couple of unexploited break points at the beginning of the second set. It will be the Chinese one Zheng (seeded number 7) the American’s opponent.
Trevisan disappointment: he wastes too much against Putintseva
He doesn’t even succeed in the feat Martina Trevisanwho pays the price in two sets (6-3 6-4) to the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, number 41 in the world. 2024 is confirmed truly a cursed year for the Florentine player, who in the 20 matches played she was defeated on 14 occasionsso much so that now even the world top 100 risks seeing it exit if the trend is not changed quickly.
Trevisan However, she had started better during the first set, managing to break the Kazakhstan and giving the sensation of feeling particularly at ease. However, an empty pass after having contributed to changing the inertia of the match wasted two more break points in the third game, with Putintseva who took advantage of this to change gear and completely reverse the score, winning 6-3.
In the second set the Kazakh immediately found the break, which however the Florentine responded in the eighth game, rebalancing the situation. However, the ninth game was fatallost badly and handed over to the rival, who also struggled in the following game (two more break points not exploited by Trevisan) finished at 6-4, advancing to the second round.
Badosa, single but winning: Andreeva settled in two sets
Paula Badosa in recent days he has had to deal more with gossip than with the field: the end of the relationship with Stefanos Tsitsipasannounced in the press on the eve of the tournament Capital, ended up taking away some energy but also further shining the spotlight on the Spanish tennis player, who on the courts of Rome hopes to be able to reverse the not too positive trend at the beginning of the season. “We have shared a journey full of love and learning and now, with great respect, we take different paths”he commented in a story on Instagram, putting an end to a relationship that had lasted practically since last spring.
And at least the first post-breakup play went well: Mirra Andreeva it was settled in two sets (6-2 6-3) in a match in which the Spaniard showed her decidedly better serving percentages (67% of points won against 50% of the rival), breaking the Russian line on 5 occasions.
