22:26 CET - Alex Zverev has lived up to his favourite billing to round off the day's play in Rome with a resounding 6-2, 6-1 victory over Argentina's Camilo Ugo Carabelli
21:27 CET - Bianca Andreescu is through to the next round after a topsy-turvy 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory against Donna Vekic.
20:59 CET - Another player who has been through a battle this evening is Coco Gauff. The American fourth seed needed three sets to beat Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, with Gauff eventually seeing her off 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
20:45 CET - 11th seed Elena Rybakina has been tested by Eva Lys, but the Kazakh star is through to the next round, thanks to a 7-6(3), 6-2 victory.
Meanwhile, it's also been a tough day at the office for the recent Madrid champion, Holger Rune, but he, too, has prevailed, beating Argentina's Francisco Comesana 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
20:04 CET - Jack Draper has been one of the players of the year so far, and the fifth seed continues to soar with a comprehensive 6-1, 6-4 win over Luciano Darderi.
19:09 CET - Leylah Fernandez is through in Rome, with the Canadian battling through a competitive opening set to defeat Antonia Ruzic 6-4, 6-0.
Elsewhere, Vit Kopriva and Vilius Gaubas have progressed on the men's side of the tournament.
18:35 CET - Emma Navarro and Marta Kostyuk have sailed through in the Italian capital after impressive straight-set victories over Kamilla Rakhimova and Daria Kasatkina, respectively.
17:43 CET - Emma Raducanu showed glimpses of her best form in Rome today, with the Brit coasting past lucky loser Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-2.
Veronika Kudermetova is also through after a hard-fought 7-6(5), 7-5 win against 15th seed Amanda Anisimova.
16:48 CET - Teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva has sealed her spot in the third round after a relatively routine 6-2, 6-4 victory over Colombia's Emiliana Arango.
Meanwhile, on the men's side of the tournament, Daniil Medvedev is through, with the 10th seed sweeping aside Brit Cameron Norrie in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
16:30 CET - Lorenzo Musetti has eased through on home soil, with the Italian eighth seed defeating Otto Virtanen in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
Laslo Djere is also through to the third round after an emphatic 6-0, 6-3 triumph over Alex Michelsen.
15:44 CET - Greek 18th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is the next player to triumph today, battling through a tricky second set to eventually seal a 6-2, 7-6(3) victory over Alexandre Muller.
15:25 CET - Linda Noskova has defeated Sonay Kartal, 6-4, 6-2, in a little under an hour and a half to swiftly move into the third round in the Italian capital.
14:52 CET - Qinwen Zheng will be looking to recapture her best form after a tough 2025 so far, and in Rome today, she made light work of Olga Danilovic, easing to a 6-1, 6-4 win.
Magdalena Frech and Clara Tauson also both progressed to the third round.
14:32 CET - Men's third seed Carlos Alcaraz is safely through to the third round in the Italian capital after a convincing 6-3, 6-3 triumph over experienced Serb Dusan Lajovic.
Meanwhile, Karen Khachanov and Magda Linette have also progressed after victories over Roman Andres Burruchaga and Maria Sakkari respectively.
13:12 CET - Some breaking news as Ekaterina Alexandrova has pulled out of the tournament, meaning her scheduled opponent Emma Raducanu will face lucky loser Jill Teichmann instead.
13:06 CET - Grigor Dimitrov has been dumped out in Rome, with the Bulgarian 14th seed losing in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 to home favourite Francesco Passaro.
12:20 CET - Our first two results are in from Rome, where world number one Aryna Sabalenka has made light work of Anastasia Potapova, winning their encounter 6-2, 6-2 in just 64 minutes.
Meanwhile, it's been nearly as breezy for Sofia Kenin with the American seeing off Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-0 in 67 minutes.
And, on the men's side of the draw, Arthur Fils progresses into the weekend with a 6-2, 6-2 win over the Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor.
09:34 CET - We're just under 90 minutes away from play getting underway in Rome, as women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Anastasia Potapova at 11:00 CET, while Grigor Dimitrov, Arthur Fils and Stefanos Tsitsipas are also in early action.
Later on, a blockbuster day sees Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev, Jack Draper and Elena Rybakina all take to the court.
Check out the full women's schedule here and the men's schedule here.
09:00 CET - Good morning and welcome to our coverage of today's tennis in Rome!