Rome, 8 May (LaPresse) – Tyra Caterina Grant’s run at the Rome International Tennis Championships has come to an end. The Italian player, ranked 234th in the WTA, was defeated in the second round by the Czech Nikola Bartunkova, ranked 94th, in three sets (6-4, 3-6, 4-6) after a match lasting around two hours and fifteen minutes. The other Italian player, Noemi Basiletti, was also knocked out, losing in two sets (1-6, 3-6) to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina.