Italian Open: Muchova out in fourth round

Spaniard Paula Badosa advanced to the last 8 of the Italian Open by defeating Czech Karolina Muchova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday afternoon.

Badosa, ranked No 35, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 20 seed, next.

The Spaniard won against German qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam (4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)), Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed (6-1, 6-4) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 32 seed (6-4, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Rome tournament, Muchova, ranked No 52, beat Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova (6-4, 7-5), Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 18 seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) and Italian Camila Giorgi (7-6 (4), 6-2).

Rome WTA 1000, other fourth-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Donna Vekic (21): 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
• Elena Rybakina (7) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Marie Bouzkova (27): 6-2, 6-2
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Madison Keys (19): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1