ROME — Barbora Strycova gained her first singles match since getting back from maternity depart, beating Maryna Zanevska 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 within the opening spherical of the Italian Open on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old Strycova returned to the tour two weeks in the past on the Madrid Open after greater than two years away following the delivery of her son, Vincent. After beating Zanevska, Strycova was handed her 1-year-old son, who she advised to “wave to daddy” in entrance of a TV digital camera.

In Madrid, Strycova misplaced her opener in singles and reached the quarterfinals in doubles with accomplice Hsieh Su-wei.

Strycova, who will subsequent face ninth-seeded Maria Sakkari, is planning to retire after this yr’s U.S. Open.

Also on the pink clay of the Foro Italico, Anna Blinkova rallied previous Mayar Sherif 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Sherif was coming off a breakthrough run to the quarterfinals in Madrid.

Nuria Parrizas Dias defeated Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The males’s match, headlined by Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, begins on Wednesday.

Like Madrid, Rome options expanded 96-player attracts for each women and men this yr.

Strycova and Hsieh are additionally entered within the doubles match, which they gained in 2020.

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