2018 - ROME - ITALY May 17, 2018

Roman epic: The story of the second round in pictures

The second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia was full of epic comebacks and dramatic upsets - revisit the best images here.

Simona Halep avenged her Indian Wells loss to Naomi Osaka, routing the 20-year-old 6-1, 6-0 (Getty) — 01 /13

Simona Halep avenged her Indian Wells loss to Naomi Osaka, routing the 20-year-old 6-1, 6-0 (Getty)

Zhang Shuai stretches for a backhand during her loss to Jelena Ostapenko (Getty) — 02 /13

Zhang Shuai stretches for a backhand during her loss to Jelena Ostapenko (Getty)

Jelena Ostapenko powered through to the third round 6-2, 7-5 over Zhang Shuai (Getty) — 03 /13

Jelena Ostapenko powered through to the third round 6-2, 7-5 over Zhang Shuai (Getty)

Petra Martic serves to Elina Svitolina en route to a second-round defeat (Getty) — 04 /13

Petra Martic serves to Elina Svitolina en route to a second-round defeat (Getty)

Elina Svitolina kicked off her title defence at the Foro Italico with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Petra Martic (Getty) — 05 /13

Elina Svitolina kicked off her title defence at the Foro Italico with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Petra Martic (Getty)

Maria Sakkari upset Karolina Pliskova in a dramatic match 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 for her second Top 10 win - and back-to-back defeats of the Charleston and Stüttgart champions (Getty) — 06 /13

Maria Sakkari upset Karolina Pliskova in a dramatic match 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 for her second Top 10 win - and back-to-back defeats of the Charleston and Stüttgart champions (Getty)

Sloane Stephens won the first eight games of her match against Kaia Kanepi, but was ultimately made to work hard for a 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win (Getty) — 07 /13

Sloane Stephens won the first eight games of her match against Kaia Kanepi, but was ultimately made to work hard for a 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win (Getty)

Maria Sharapova came from a set down to defeat Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 (Getty) — 08 /13

Maria Sharapova came from a set down to defeat Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 (Getty)

Venus Williams battled for over two hours to quell Elena Vesnina 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 (Getty) — 09 /13

Venus Williams battled for over two hours to quell Elena Vesnina 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 (Getty)

Returning from a thigh injury that had kept her out of Madrid, Angelique Kerber passed a stern test in Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 (Getty) — 10 /13

Returning from a thigh injury that had kept her out of Madrid, Angelique Kerber passed a stern test in Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 (Getty)

A pensive Irina-Camelia Begu pushed Angelique Kerber all the way in the second round (Getty) — 11 /13

A pensive Irina-Camelia Begu pushed Angelique Kerber all the way in the second round (Getty)

Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza was the victim of the tournament's biggest upset so far, falling to Daria Gavrilova in a late-night epic (Getty) — 12 /13

Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza was the victim of the tournament's biggest upset so far, falling to Daria Gavrilova in a late-night epic (Getty)

Daria Gavrilova came from 0-4 down in the third set and saved two match points to win the third-longest match of the year 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(6) over Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round (Getty) — 13 /13

Daria Gavrilova came from 0-4 down in the third set and saved two match points to win the third-longest match of the year 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(6) over Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round (Getty)