Tennis: Ashleigh Barty battles back to beat Viktoria Kuzmova in Italian Open

Ashleigh Barty battled back from losing the opening set and from 2-0 down in the decider to reach the third round of the Italian Open in Rome. The Austalian number eight seed overcame Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and eight minutes to take her already impressive record in 2019 to 24-4.