Rome - WTA Premier 5 first round start

First round commenced in Rome WTA Premier 5.

2020 Internazionali BNL d’Italia  - a WTA Premier 5 category tournament, on Red Clay, in Rome, Italy, 14-21 September 2020.

Defending champion:

Karolina Pliskova (4) who defeated Johanna Konta 6-3 6-4

First round results:

- Wildcard Jasmine Paolini defeated Anastasija Sevastova 6-2 6-3

- Dayana Yastremska defeated wildcard Camila Giorgi 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 

- Amanda Anisimova defeated Donna Vekić (16) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)

- Elena Rybakina (10) defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 6-4

- Marie Bouzkova defeated Ajla Tomljanović 6-3 6-4

- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Zhang Shuai 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1

- Qualifier Danka Kovinic defeated Julia Goerges 6-1 6-0

- Magda Linette defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 6-3

- Elise Mertens (11) defeated Hsieh Su-Wei 6-3 6-1

- Qualifier Aliona Bolsova defeated Alison Riske (13) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

- Qualifier Anna Blinkova defeated Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-3

- Barbora Strycova defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 6-3