Italian Open: Badosa books spot in last 16

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