Spaniard Paula Badosa advanced to the last 16 of the Italian Open by edging out Russian Diana Shnaider 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.
Badosa, ranked No 126, will face the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian next.
The Spaniard won against Russian Mirra Andreeva (6-2, 6-3) and American Emma Navarro, the No 21 seed (1-6, 6-4, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Rome tournament, Shnaider, ranked No 62, beat Belgian Greet Minnen (6-2, 6-3) and No 15 seed Liudmila Samsonova (6-1, 6-3).
Roma WTA 1000, other round of 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sofia Kenin vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mayar Sherif
- Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Coco Gauff vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Linda Noskova vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Madison Keys
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Naomi Osaka: saturday
- Angelique Kerber vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: saturday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 6-4
