Rome Masters: Halep, Azarenka advance to second round
Halep gained a 6-4, 6-4 revenge on Alize Cornet in 1 hour and 25 minutes, following No.16 seed Azarenka's 6-3, 6-0 rout of Viktorija Golubic.
Halep gained a 6-4, 6-4 revenge on Alize Cornet in 1 hour and 25 minutes, following No.16 seed Azarenka's 6-3, 6-0 rout of Viktorija Golubic.
The Spaniard will regain the top spot in the ATP rankings to be released on Monday, a week after conceding it to Switzerland's Roger Federer.
The last-four success will give the Spanish top seed added confidence ahead of the French Open, where he has won a record 10 titles.
Next up for Nishikori in Thursday third-round action will be Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who defeated American Jack Sock 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday.
What the Russian has done will have many tennis fans rubbing their eyes in disbelief.
The Austrian just did the unthinkable, beating a resurgent Rafael Nadal on clay!
They next face fourth seeded pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.
Wawrinka will next take on big-serving American John Isner in the round of 16.
The Indo-Kazakh pair got a walkover from Ukrainians Olga Savchuk and Elina Svitolina in the Round of 16 match.
