Rome: The highest ranked Aryna Sabalenka fought back from the match against Sofia Kenin to advance at the Italian Open on Sunday.
Kenin was the No. 31 seed American, winning the first game of Rome’s third round 6-3, but Sabalenka won the next two sets with the same score.
US Open champion Sabalenka will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round.
Coco Gauff plays Magda Lineette in the women’s draw later Sunday.
On the men’s side, Carlos Alcaraz plays Laslo Djere and defending champion Alexander Zverev is playing Vilius Gaubas in the Lithuanian qualifiers.
