Rome--Results from the second day of the ATP and WTA Italian Open on Monday (x denotes seeded player):
Women
1st rd
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4, 7-5
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x11) 6-4, 6-0
Madison Keys (USA x15) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-2, 6-4
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-5, 6-1
Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4, 6-1
Alison Riske (USA) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Sara Errani (ITA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-4, 6-1
Christina McHale (USA) bt Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová (CZE) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (16/14)
Angelique Kerber (GER x9) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-2, 6-3
Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK) bt Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)
Heather Watson (GBR) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-3, 6-1
Venus Williams (USA) bt Katerina Siniaková (CZE) 6-2, 6-2
Men
1st rd
Gilles Simon (FRA x12) bt Jack Sock (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x10) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-4, 6-1
John Isner (USA x16) bat Joao Sousa (POR) 7-5, 6-3
Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2
Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/0)
Dominic Thiem (AUT) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5)
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 7-6 (7/0), 6-3
Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-3, 6-2
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