Ružić opened the tournament in Rome with a victory, a Russian from the top 10 is waiting for her

After a little more than two hours of play, the 23-year-old Croatian, otherwise ranked 59th in the world, defeated her one-year-old rival, who is ranked 76th in the WTA rankings. In the second round Ružić She will play against the eighth seed, the Russian Mira Andrejeva, who last week played in the final in Madrid, where she was defeated by the Ukrainian Kostyuk.

Three breaks were seen in the opening four games of the match, with Ružić took away the opponent’s service game twice, and Rahimova once. There is the advantage of Ružić held until the end of the first part and took a 1-0 lead in the sets.

Rahimova opened the second part with 3-0, and then easily won that part of the match with 6-1. As Rahimova dominated in the second set, Ružić was untouchable in the third part. She led 5-1, Rahimova only briefly came back to 3-5, but the victory of the Croatian player was not in question.