Italian Open: Garcia crashes out at hands of qualifier

Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio reached the round of 16 at the Italian Open by winning against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Saturday.

Osorio, ranked No 100, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the No 17 seed, and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed, next.

The 21-year-old Colombian edged out Russian Varvara Gracheva (7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (4)) and defeated Croat Petra Martic, the No 29 seed (6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Garcia, ranked No 4, edged out Romanian Ana Bogdan (6-4, 3-6, 7-5).

Rome WTA 1000, other round of 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 3.572.618, most recent results first):

• Julia Grabher vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Karolina Muchova vs. Camila Giorgi
• Paula Badosa vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elena Rybakina
• Maria Sakkari vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Donna Vekic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Keys
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Anna Bondar vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Magda Linette vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: saturday
• Xiyu Wang vs. Taylor Townsend: saturday
• Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 6-2