Among the biggest surprises in the round of the last eight is Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit. Playing a very strong spring season, Kontaveit is having another great run in Rome, getting into the quarter-finals by steamrolling Mirjana Lucic-Baroni who made the third round due ot Maria Sharapova’s retirement on Tuesday night.
Another young player in the quarters is Australia’s Daria Gavrilova.