Italian Open: Stearns upsets Kalinskaya to reach third round.
Peyton Stearns won against Anna Kalinskaya 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva in the next round.
American Peyton Stearns won against Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 28 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Thursday afternoon.
Stearns, ranked No 42, will face the winner of the match between American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed, and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva next.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the American beat Italian wildcard Nuria Brancaccio (6-3, 6-2).
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