Tennis - WTA 1000 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 9, 2022 Romania's Simona Halep in action during her first round match against France's Alize Cornet REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
(Reuters) - Former world number ones Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the second round of the Italian Open in Rome while four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an ankle injury.
Halep, champion in Rome in 2020, beat France's Alize Cornet 6-4 6-4, exacting revenge for her fourth round loss at the Australian Open in January.
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