Italian Open: Kudermetova reaches round of 16

No 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova moved into the round of 16 at the Italian Open by winning against No 23 seed Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Saturday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, and Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 27 seed, next.

Kudermetova beat Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

During the 64 of the Rome tournament, Potapova, ranked No 25, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-4, 6-4).

Rome WTA 1000, other round of 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Julia Grabher vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Karolina Muchova vs. Camila Giorgi
• Paula Badosa vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Maria Sakkari vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Donna Vekic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Bondar vs. Qinwen Zheng: saturday
• 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