Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Italian Open by winning against No 29 seed Linda Noskova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Saturday afternoon.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will face Japanese Naomi Osaka next.
In the previous round of the Rome tournament, the 21-year-old Chinese beat American Shelby Rogers (6-2, 6-0).
Noskova, ranked No 29, won against Italian wildcard Lucrezia Stefanini (6-3, 7-6 (1)) during the 64 of the Rome tournament.
Rome WTA 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sofia Kenin vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Elise Mertens vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mayar Sherif
- Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Coco Gauff vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Madison Keys: saturday
- 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
