Italian Open: Sabalenka saves 12 break points against Kostyuk to reach the quarter-finals
Aryna Sabalenka won against Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 7-6 (8) on Monday evening and will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, won against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 7-6 (8) to move into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday evening.
Sabalenka, ranked No 1, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, next.
The Belarusian defeated Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-2, 6-2) and American Sofia Kenin, the No 31 seed (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Rome tournament, Kostyuk, ranked No 27, won against Filipino Alexandra Eala (6-0, 6-1), Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 14 seed (6-4, 6-2) and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 24 seed (6-4, 6-2).
Roma WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-5, 6-1
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Clara Tauson (22): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina (16) beat Danielle Collins (29): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-1, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 7-5, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-3
- Peyton Stearns beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
