Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Italian Open by winning against Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 30 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-0 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday.
Sakkari, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 24 seed, and Egyptian Mayar Sherif next.
The Greek beat French qualifier Varvara Gracheva (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the tournament, Kalinina, ranked No 31, benefited from the retirement of Lesia Tsurenko (2-0).
Roma WTA 1000, other round of 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5,509,771):
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elise Mertens (27): 6-2, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Jaqueline Cristian (LL): 6-1, 0-6, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Marketa Vondrousova (6): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Madison Keys (18) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (12): 6-4, 4-6, 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
- 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
