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Patna : Top seed Simona Halep, 28, Romania, 2nd seed Karolina Pliskova, 28, Czech Republic, and 11th seed Elise Mertens, 24, Belgium, reached Italian Open 2020 women’s QFs at Foro Italico, Rome, Italy, on September 18, 2020, winning their respective Round of 16 matches in straight sets. 21 titles
Simona Halep, the 2019 Wimbledon Champion and 2018 French Open Champion, beat Dayana Yastremska, 20, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4 in Round of 16. The Romanian won 4 break points to 2 by Yastremska. Simona won 6 games in a row to 3 by Yastremska. The Romanian won 74 points in the match to 58 by Ukrainian.
Second seed Pliskova beat qualifier Anna Blinkova, 22, Russia, 6-4, 6-3 in Round of 16 to set up a QFs match against 11th seed Elise Mertens. The Czech won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Blinkova. Pliskova won 69 points in the match to 50 by the Russian. Pliskova won 4 games in a row to 2 by Blinkova. Both the players served 2 Aces each in the match.
Mertens beat qualifier Danka Kovinic, 25, Montenegro, 6-4, 6-4 in Round of 16 to advance to the QFs. Mertens won 4 break points to 2 by Kovinic. The Belgian won 61 points in the match to 56 by Kovinic, who had upset 6th seed Belinda Bencic, 23, Switzerland, in second round. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Both of them also served 2 Aces each in the match.