American Madison Keys, the No 18 seed, won against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 12 seed, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome on Saturday afternoon.
Keys, ranked No 16, will face Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 28 seed, next.
The American defeated Colombian Camila Osorio (6-0, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, edged out Chinese Xinyu Wang (4-6, 6-3, 6-4).
Rome WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mayar Sherif
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Sofia Kenin vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Coco Gauff vs. Jaqueline Cristian: saturday
- Sorana Cirstea beat Marketa Vondrousova (6): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Linda Noskova (29): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 6-3, 6-3
- Angelique Kerber beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Paula Badosa beat Diana Shnaider: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 6-4
