Round of 16 in Rome featuring Cirstea Andreeva Gauff and more WTA Match Highlights

Beautifully mixed up by Kosteja. Noskiva trying the same but not quite enough subtlety and yeah again Kosteja read it well and once she was there you just felt she'd have the last word. If they could serve nicely backed up. Yeah again good placement and sharp work around the net. If your opponent's coming out a little bit slow you just take advantage of that as best as you can. No way, no way has she done that. Oh Savannah Kosteja that's another stunner. Lovely couple of excellent shots there the backhand and still she gets there incredible. Well Noskiva a little bit caught in no man's land there. It's a lovely pass by Kosteja. Too short. Kosteja was there with the forehand. And Kosteja into the quarterfinals for the first time here in Rome. Linda Noskiva trudges towards the net. I think she knows today. Cold as we found at the start of this tournament turned out to be a glorious day. But they did start a little bit early actually. A couple of wins here to get to this stage. That's perfect. Oh brilliant winner. So stays in the set. Leader in that respect on the WTA tour. That's audacious. And it's that sort of form that has propelled her to her 28th win. She looked like she was going to make it tough for herself then by. And it is Miran Drever who takes the set. Started fantastically and not quite as convincing. Mertens threatened a fight back. But Miran Drever comes through it and still did well reaching the fourth round. Well played. That one does go long. And from a little while back it had looked like Andreja would get through in this match. Maybe not even at her best today. But had enough in the locket. Making sure she's hitting a lot of first serve percentage. Oh and she hits the line with the backhand. Just watched it the whole way. Yeah lovely work by Goff on her forehand. Setting that up. Oh what a quality point. And it's a beauty off the backhand of Goff. Oh the backhand is so good though from Goff. It doesn't always need the power does it? Sometimes it's that lovely placement that gets the job done. Because we have seen when she starts to feel pressure on her own serve. That's when the errors start creeping in. Oh fabulous. What a beauty of a forehand from Goff. And she's made it I think. Yes she has. But in a sumptuous lob. Yeah it's a good point you make actually. He's just got the blend right when he was chanting Coco Goff about. Oh Goff just put it on a plate. It is a hat-trick of hard-fought wins for Coco Goff here in Rome. Jurvic's racket goes to the floor. Goff delighted and relieved in equal measure. Fabulous match between the two Americans. I think it's quite nice and summarizes her game. When asked about her style. And the hot shots and the bold plays. She says yes that's my game. I like to volley. Beautifully done by Svitolina. It's been quite the comeback from Svitolina in this opening set. This first percentage now down to almost 50. Nicely done. Really big boost here. She's taken full advantage of that little blip from Elina Svitolina. Made it. It's all about that consistency level. Playing same-less tennis. She wasn't going to pass up another opportunity there Svitolina. And it was just too big of a mountain to climb there for Batunkova. Finishing with a flourish. Not always plain sailing today. For the number seven seed and two-time champion. But she's into the last eight in Rome once again. Wonderful power angle there from Jelena Ostapenko. To her credit nine WTA quarterfinals or better since the start of last year. That's a heavy strike down the line with the backhand from Ostapenko. It's a great pattern of play isn't it? The wide serve on the deuce court. Again opening the court with great effect. Yeah showed too much of that to Kalinskaya did Ostapenko. Two aces that game to secure the opening set. Love service hold. She is rolling right now. Yeah Ostapenko. Possible thoughts that her opponent might retire you never know. Yeah well dispatched. Unapologetic first strike fury. Opening the court for fun right now. Nobody beats Jelena Ostapenko five times in a row. As she overwhelms her nemesis with flat pace. Fearless targets and a statement win on Pietrangeli. 6-1, 6-2 in an hour and 10 minutes. Fire beats finesse. Ostapenko hits through the clay and into a third quarterfinal of the season. And fifth here in Rome. At an uncompromising and chaotic best today. Oh well done. Pegula stayed home. She read the play nicely. Oh what defense from Pegula. Love found it right in the corner. So strong so balanced around those kind of balls. Oh well dispatched. Getting inside the baseline with authority there Potapova. How well did she spread the court there Potapova? Top tennis it was the backhand line that did the damage there. Now that's one of the tactics isn't it? To step inside the baseline on second serves. Oh yes. Back-to-back games for the American number two. Take that. Great front court smashing. Pegula quiets the chaos on Pietrangeli. Clean patterns, calm pressure and a composed march into a second Rome quarterfinal. Love that forehand, the shape on that forehand from Osaka. The deep one down the center. Oh Naomi. The summer prior to daughter shy. Shiantek was on a tear. Shiantek early inroads here in this fifth game. Yeah Iga was 39 and 4. That's very smart play from Osaka. It's just so good at being able to spread the court. Just able to get outside, run around the backhand. That is just a brutal ball. Merciless from Iga Shiantek. Nicely done by Rybakina. In the ranking after this if she was to lose tonight. And if she can pull off the win, she should. Just about squeeze into the top 100 again which. Wow. Well that's tennis right now from the racket of Rybakina. Well done. It's just, sorry Oscar, it's just too short. Wraps up the opening set in just over 20 minutes. All one-way traffic on Campo Centrale. Rybakina takes the first by six games to love. See a repeat of that scoreline. Oh she's made it. Well done. Another emphatic win for Elena Rybakina. Knocking out a fellow former champion. And Karolina Pliskova has had a pretty impressive run in Rome.