Italian Open: Shnaider reaches quarter-finals
Diana Shnaider won against Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 on Monday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, in the next round
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Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 13 seed, beat Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 25 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday.
Shnaider, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Russian won against American Caroline Dolehide (6-0, 6-0) and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-3, 6-3).
Mertens, ranked No 24, won against Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) and American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed (7-5, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Rome tournament.
Roma WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Clara Tauson vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Coco Gauff vs. Emma Raducanu
- Elina Svitolina vs. Danielle Collins
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Jelena Ostapenko: monday
- Peyton Stearns beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
