Italian Open: Andreeva overcomes first-set loss to Tauson to make the quarter-finals
Mirra Andreeva beat Clara Tauson 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 on Monday and will play American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, won against Dane Clara Tauson, the No 22 seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday.
Andreeva, ranked No 7, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, next.
The 18-year-old Russian beat Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango (6-2, 6-4) and No 30 seed Linda Noskova (6-1, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Rome tournament, Tauson, ranked No 23, benefited from the abandonment of American qualifier Katie Volynets (7-5, 4-1) and edged out American Emma Navarro, the No 10 seed (3-6, 6-0, 6-4).
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: monday
- Elina Svitolina (16) beat Danielle Collins (29): 6-4, 6-2
- Coco Gauff 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)
