Tennis - WTA 1000 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 11, 2022 Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her second round match against Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
(Reuters) -Champion Iga Swiatek breezed past Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse with a 6-3 6-0 victory to move into the Italian Open last-16 while Switzerland's Jil Teichmann ended Karolina Pliskova's run of reaching three successive Rome finals with 6-2 4-6 6-4 win on Wednesday.
World number one Swiatek, who was given a bye into the second round, extended her winning run to 24 matches after converting seven break points to wrap up the match in just 68 minutes.
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