Italian Open: Keys through to round of 16 after Azarenka withdrawal

American Madison Keys, the No 19 seed, reached the fourth round of the Italian Open after Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 14 seed, withdrew before the match at the Foro Italico in Rome on Sunday due to a right-leg injury.

Keys, ranked No 23, will play Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 30 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the American won against Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech (6-3, 6-2).

Azarenka, ranked No 17, beat American Sloane Stephens (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.

She came to Italy after controversy in Madrid where she and doubles partner Beatriz Haddad Maia were not allowed to speak in their trophy ceremony after beating Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.

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

• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Donna Vekic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Paula Badosa vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova: sunday
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Julia Grabher: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Karolina Muchova beat Camila Giorgi: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Maria Sakkari (9): 7-5, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (22) beat Anna Bondar (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova (11) beat Anastasia Potapova (23): 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Magda Linette (17): 7-5, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-2, 0-6, 7-5
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 6-2
• Camila Osorio (Q) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 6-4