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ROME – All caught up on a beautiful Sunday – much better than anticipated.

And so now the women are already in the round of 16 on the second Monday of the tournament.

We say “already”. But the tournament began a week ago; now it’s more on a Grand Slam schedule.

Gone are No. 2 Sabalenka, No. 3 Pegula, No. 4 Jabeur, No. 5 Garcia and on Sunday, No. 6 Gauff.

Not that we didn’t think Iga Swiatek was a strong favorite for a three-peat.

(Alert: she has the late match on the Centrale).

ATP Roma – Monday, May 15, 2023 final results

(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Category: WTA 1000
Dates: May 9 – 20, 2023
Prize money: $3,572,618
Draws: S96 – D32

Monday, May 15, 2023
Final results

Singles, fourth round

Cancelled

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs. [21] Donna Vekic (CRO)
~~Paula Badosa (ESP) vs. Karolina Muchova (CZE)~~

Upsets

[20] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [8] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 64 46 60
[30] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def [19] Madison Keys (USA) 26 62 64

Seeds advancing

[7] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 63 63
[11] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [27] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 62 62
[12] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def [Q] Camila Osorio (COL) 63 63
[22] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. Wang Xiyu (CHN) 64 36 61

Doubles quarterfinal

[4] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Timea Babos (HUN) / Anna Danilina (KAZ) 64 62

Doubles, second round

[2] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. Magda Linette (POL) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – cancelled

[6] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 63 63
Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Miyu Kat0 (JPN) def Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 64 46 [10-6]