ROME, May 14 (UPI) -- Ekaterina Makarova posted a straight-set upset win Monday in opening-day play at the Italian Open.
Makarova, in the final of Monday's 12-match schedule, ousted 10th-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4. Schiavone, ranked 14th in the world, is 2-10 since mid-February.