Italian Open: Badosa books spot in last 16
Paula Badosa edged out Diana Shnaider 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, and Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian in the next round
Tennis Majors
May 11, 2024
INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA •THIRD ROUND• COMPLETED
P. BadosavsD. Shnaider
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
