Italian Open: Svitolina advances to last 16 on sixth match point against Baptiste
Elina Svitolina edged out Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Saturday and will face American Danielle Collins, the No 29 seed, in the next round
Elina Svitolina in Madrid (Laurent Lairys/PSNewz)
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 16 seed, edged out American qualifier Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.
Svitolina, ranked No 14, will play American Danielle Collins, the No 29 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian won against Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-4, 7-6 (2)).
Baptiste, ranked No 90, defeated Russian qualifier Anna Blinkova (7-6 (7), 6-4) and edged out Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 19 seed (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Rome tournament.
Roma WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Magdalena Frech vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Emma Navarro vs. Clara Tauson
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Coco Gauff vs. Magda Linette
- Emma Raducanu vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sofia Kenin
- Elise Mertens vs. Jessica Pegula
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Naomi Osaka
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Laura Siegemund
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Ons Jabeur (27): 6-4, 6-3
- Danielle Collins beat Iga Swiatek (2): 6-1, 7-5
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-3
- Peyton Stearns beat Madison Keys (5): 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
