Italian Open: Gauff beats Linette to make last 16

American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, reached the last 16 of the Italian Open by winning against Pole Magda Linette, the No 32 seed, 7-5, 6-3 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face Emma Raducanu next.

The 21-year-old American defeated Canadian qualifier Victoria Mboko (3-6, 6-2, 6-1) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

During the second round of the Rome tournament, Linette, ranked No 32, won against Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari (1-6, 6-4, 6-1).

Rome 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
• Emma Raducanu vs. Veronika Kudermetova: sunday
• Marta Kostyuk beat Leylah Fernandez (24): 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Sofia Kenin (31): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (25) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 7-5, 6-1
• Naomi Osaka beat Marie Bouzkova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Laura Siegemund
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Ons Jabeur (27): 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (16) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Danielle Collins (29) 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)