Italian Open: Badosa books spot in fourth round
Paula Badosa defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday. She’ll play Czech Karolina Muchova in the next round
Paula Badosa of Spain during her match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy on May 11th, 2023. (Inside/Panoramic)
Spaniard Paula Badosa beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 32 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Sunday.
Badosa, ranked No 35, will play Czech Karolina Muchova next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Spaniard edged out German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam (4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)) and won against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed (6-1, 6-4).
Kostyuk, ranked No 40, won against American Claire Liu (6-0, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
Rome WTA 1000, other round of 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
- Donna Vekic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Keys
- Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova: sunday
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-0
- Daria Kasatkina (8) 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
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