Italian Open: Andreescu stuns former champ Rybakina to book spot in last 16

Canadian Bianca Andreescu reached the last 16 of the Italian Open by beating Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 11 seed, 6-2, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Andreescu, ranked No 121, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 26 seed, and Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed, next.

The Canadian won against Italian wildcard Federica Urgesi (6-0, 6-3) and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 20 seed (6-1, 3-6, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Rybakina, ranked No 12, won against German Eva Lys (7-6 (3), 6-2).

Rome WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 6.009.593, most recent results first):

• Linda Noskova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Magdalena Frech vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Emma Navarro vs. Clara Tauson
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Magda Linette (32): 7-5, 6-3
• Emma Raducanu beat Veronika Kudermetova: 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk beat Leylah Fernandez (24): 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Sofia Kenin (31): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Elise Mertens (25) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 7-5, 6-1
• Naomi Osaka beat Marie Bouzkova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Laura Siegemund
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Ons Jabeur (27): 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (16) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• 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)