Italian Open: Sabalenka survives tough Kenin test to reach last 16
Aryna Sabalenka beat Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday and will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round
Aryna Sabalenka, Italian Open, 2025 © Zuma/Psnewz
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, won against American Sofia Kenin, the No 31 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Sabalenka, ranked No 1, will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next.
The Belarusian beat Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Kenin, ranked No 31, defeated Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-3, 6-0).
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
- Elena Rybakina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Coco Gauff vs. Magda Linette
- Emma Raducanu vs. Veronika Kudermetova: sunday
- Marta Kostyuk beat Leylah Fernandez (24): 6-4, 6-2
- 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)
