The former world No. 1 was looking to win her first tour-level European red clay match since 2018, but instead bowed out to a former Roland Garros runner-up in three sets.

The No. 5 seed dropped just five games to beat the Romanian on Day 2, as Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova also won. Linda Noskova upset No. 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko.

The 2018 champion blasted through Errani’s defenses to book a second-round meeting with No. 14 seed Liudmila Samsonova.

Before each day’s play at the BNP Paribas Open, we’ll preview three must-see matches.

Second-seeded Liudmila Samsonova has eased into the second round of the Bad Homburg Open with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Viktoriya Tomova.

Aslan Karatsev and Dayana Yastremska also punched tickets into the main draw of the combined 1000 event Tuesday.

And looking ahead, Iga Swiatek is defending 2,000 points in Indian Wells and Miami—can anybody catch her at No. 1?

Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck beat Italian veteran Sara Errani 6-4, 6-3 to win the inaugural Veneto Open

Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck will face Italian veteran Sara Errani in the final of the inaugural Veneto Open

The first WTA tournament played on natural grass in Italy, the Veneto Open is taking place in Gaiba, a town of less than 1,000 inhabitants — making it the smallest town in the world to host a WTA tournament.