Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Italian Open by winning against Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday afternoon.
Ostapenko, ranked No 10, will play Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova next.
The Latvian defeated Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 47, won against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-4, 6-3) and edged out Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 20 seed (6-3, 1-6, 7-5).
Roma WTA 1000, other 32 results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Caroline Garcia
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna Kalinskaya: sunday
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Mayar Sherif: sunday
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Dayana Yastremska (32): 6-4, 6-2
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elise Mertens (27): 6-2, 6-0
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Anhelina Kalinina (30): 7-6 (4), 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
