Italian Open: Svitolina continues impressive form by defeating Collins
Elina Svitolina defeated Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-2 on Monday. She’ll face American Peyton Stearns in the next round

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 16 seed, won against American Danielle Collins, the No 29 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the last 8 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday.
Svitolina, ranked No 14, will face American Peyton Stearns next.
Ahead of her victory, the Ukrainian defeated Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-4, 7-6 (2)) and edged out American qualifier Hailey Baptiste (6-4, 3-6, 6-4).
Collins, ranked No 35, won against Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse (6-3, 6-3) and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed (6-1, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Rome tournament.
Roma WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Clara Tauson vs. Mirra Andreeva: monday
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-1, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 7-5, 6-2
- Diana Shnaider (13) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-3
- Peyton Stearns beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)