Johanna Konta made a strong start at the Italian Open with a straight-set win over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in Rome.
The British number one, who turns 26 on Wednesday, won 6-3 6-0 to claim her second clay-court victory of the year.
Konta had a bye in the first round as the fifth seed and will face American Venus Williams or Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in round three.
Fellow Briton Aljaz Bedene lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to Novak Djokovic.
Top seed Andy Murray takes on Italian Fabio Fognini in the evening session at 20:00 BST.
Konta impressed against Putintseva, breaking the world number 29's serve four times while remaining steadfast on her own.