Tennis players Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka reach quarterfinals of WTA-1000 tournament in Rome

Belarusian tennis players have become quarterfinalists of the WTA-1000 tournament in Rome, BELTA reports.

Victoria Azarenka (No. 24 of the world ranking) in the match of 1/8 finals confidently outplayed the eighth racket of the world Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari - 6:4, 6:1. In the quarterfinals Azarenka's opponent will be American Danielle Collins (15). Prior to that Victoria Azarenka defeated Polish Magda Linette (51) - 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:3 and Egyptian Mayar Sherif (80) - 6:2, 6:7 (6:8), 6:3.

The second racket of the planet Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina (19) in a three-set match - 4:6, 6:1, 7:6 (9:7). The meeting lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. Before that, Sabalenka defeated another Ukrainian tennis player Diana Yastremska (33) - 6:4, 6:2, and in the 1/4 finals will meet with the tenth number of the world ranking Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia.