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GAIBA, Italy — Italian player Lucia Bronzetti won the first match in the first WTA tournament played on natural grass in Italy. The third-seeded Bronzetti beat Justina Mikulskytė 6-1, 6-3 at the Veneto Open. She will next face Harmony Tan in the round of 16. Ylena In-Albon beat eighth-seeded Chloé Paquet 6-4, 6-2 and Susan Bandecchi defeated Italian wild card Matilde Paoletti 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Organizers are using former soccer fields for the tournament and the host tennis club has been nicknamed "Gaibledon" in homage to Wimbledon.
