Italian Open: Zheng produces impressive performance against Andreescu, makes last eight
Qinwen Zheng beat Bianca Andreescu 7-5, 6-1 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round
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Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, beat Canadian Bianca Andreescu 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday evening.
Zheng, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next.
Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Chinese won against Serb Olga Danilovic (6-1, 6-4) and Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 26 seed (6-3, 6-2).
Andreescu, ranked No 121, defeated Italian wildcard Federica Urgesi (6-0, 6-3), Croat Donna Vekic, the No 20 seed (6-1, 3-6, 6-2) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 11 seed (6-2, 6-4) 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
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Clara Tauson (22): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina (16) beat Danielle Collins (29): 6-4, 6-2
- 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)
