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Rome - French Open champion Francesca Schiavone got off to a comfortable start at the Italian Open by beating 18-year-old American qualifier Christina McHale 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday.
The second-seeded Italian broke McHale's serve midway through the first set and cruised from there, helped by vocal support from her home fans at the Foro Italico.
In men's action, 16th-seeded Richard Gasquet of France eliminated Igor Andreev of Russia 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round.
In the first round, ninth-seeded Nicolas Almagro beat Italian wild card Simone Bolelli 6-0, 7-5; Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia defeated another Italian wild card, Flavio Cipolla, 6-2, 6-3; and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina eliminated John Isner of the United States 6-4, 6-1.
Results from the third day of the ATP/WTA Italian Masters (x denotes seeding):
Men
First Round
Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 1-0 retired
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bt John Isner (USA) 6-4, 6-1
Sam Querrey (USA) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-6 (7/1), 1-0 retired
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x9) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-0, 7-5
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-2, 6-3
Second Round
Richard Gasquet (FRA x16) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-1, 6-2
Women
First Round
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-4, 6-4
Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 7-5, 6-2
Alberta Brianti (ITA) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 7-5
Sara Errani (ITA) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-2, 1-0 retired
Second Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA x2) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3, 6-1
