Italian Open: Ostapenko books spot in last 16 after Siegemund withdrawal
Jelena Ostapenko benefited from the forfeit of Laura Siegemund on Saturday and will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Jelena Ostapenko (Zuma/PSNewz)
Internazionali BNL d'Italia •Third round •
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Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Italian Open after German lucky loser Laura Siegemund withdrew before the match at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.
Ostapenko, ranked No 18, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the Latvian won against Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (1-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Siegemund, ranked No 101, beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
Rome WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Emma Navarro vs. Clara Tauson
- Emma Raducanu vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Coco Gauff vs. Magda Linette
- Magdalena Frech vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sofia Kenin
- Elise Mertens vs. Jessica Pegula
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Naomi Osaka
- Jasmine Paolini beat Ons Jabeur (27): 6-4, 6-3
- Elina Svitolina vs. Hailey Baptiste: saturday
- Danielle Collins (29) beat Iga Swiatek (2): 6-1, 7-5
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-3
- Peyton Stearns beat Madison Keys (5): 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
