Italian Open: Zheng brushes aside Frech to move into last 16

Chinese Zheng Qinwen, the No 8 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Italian Open by defeating Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 26 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Zheng, ranked No 8, will face Canadian Bianca Andreescu next.

In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the 22-year-old Chinese won against Serb Olga Danilovic (6-1, 6-4).

Frech, ranked No 25, won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (7-5, 6-4) during the second 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: sunday
• Emma Navarro vs. Clara Tauson: sunday
• Bianca Andreescu beat Elena Rybakina (11): 6-2, 6-4
• 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)