Italian Open: Paolini reaches last 16, faces Ostapenko next

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 6 seed, beat Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 27 seed, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.

Paolini, ranked No 5, will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the Italian won against New Zealander Lulu Sun (6-4, 6-3).

Jabeur, ranked No 36, benefited from the forfeit of Petra Kvitova 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
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Laura Siegemund
• 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)