Japan's top two players, women's world No. 1 Naomi Osaka and seventh-ranked men's player Kei Nishikori both cruised into the Italian Open's third round on Thursday.Because rain washed out play on the Foro Italico's red clay on Wednesday, both Osaka and Nishikori were slated to play their third-round matches later in the day. Osaka will face 39th-ranked Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu, while Nishikori plays 49th-ranked German Jan-Lennard Struff.In their opening matches, Osaka beat Slovakian No. 32 Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-3, while Nishikori dismantled 52nd-ranked American Taylor Fritz 6-2, 6-4.…READ FULL ARTICLE
