Ostapenko reaches Rome fourth round with unbelievable comeback against Krejcikova

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 20 seed, advanced to the round of 16 at the Italian Open by winning against Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the No 10 seed, 7-6 (2), 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Sunday.

She lost 16 consecutive points in the first set and was 5-1 down before coming back to force a tiebreak – which she won before proceeding to hammer home her momentum with a bagel set, winning 31 of the last 37 points.

Ostapenko, ranked No 20, will play Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, next.

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The Latvian beat Romanian Sorana Cirstea (6-3, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

In the 64 of the Rome tournament, Krejcikova, ranked No 13, benefited from the abandonment of Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (6-2, 4-1).

Rome WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Donna Vekic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Paula Badosa beat Marta Kostyuk (32): 6-4, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Keys
• Marie Bouzkova (27) beat Coco Gauff (6): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina beat Julia Grabher: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Karolina Muchova beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Maria Sakkari (9): 7-5, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Anna Bondar (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anastasia Potapova (23): 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Magda Linette (17): 7-5, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 7-5
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 6-2
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 6-4