Ana Bohdan advanced to the second round (competition of the WTA 1000 category) in Rome on Wednesday, defeating the Japanese Nao Hibino (ranked 118th in the world) in two sets.

Ana Bohdan defeated Nao Hibino at the WTA in Rome

Our athlete led in the first set 3-0 and 4-1, but the qualifier returned and managed to take the set into overtime.

However, Ana Bohdan (59 WTA) won eight games in a row, who won after an hour and 20 minutes of play with a score of 7-5, 6-0.

Know:

• In the next round, Bohdan will meet with Caroline Garcia (favourite 5).

• By qualifying for the second round, Ana secured a prize of €12,652 and 35 points in the WTA ranking.

• Soran Kirstea (against Katie Volynets) and Gabriela Ruse (against Linda Frukhvirtova) will also play on Wednesday. Iryna Begu goes directly to the second round of the Foro Italico.

The last champions of the Foro Italico

2022 – Iga Svyatek

2021 – Iga Svyatek

2020 – Simona Halep

2019 – Karolina Plishkova

2018 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2017 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2016 – Serena Williams

2015 – Maria Sharapova and others.

Know:

• The Italian competition, founded in 1930, has been won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Nestase, 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.

• They have also been in the finals: Ilie Nestase (1974, losing to Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, losing both times to Elina Svitolina).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.