Canada's Bianca Andreescu is through to the fourth round of the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament after posting a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 11 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on Sunday in Rome.

Andreescu, a 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., converted three break points and saved five to win the third-round match in one hour 27 minutes.

The 2019 U.S. Open champion is back on the comeback trail after recently returning from nearly six months off the WTA Tour.

Currently ranked 121st, Andreescu earned her first win against a top-20 opponent since 2023 on Friday with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the second round.

Rybakina hadn't dropped a set in three previous meetings with Andreescu, including a win in the second round of the Madrid Open last month.

Andreescu will play No. 8 Qinwen Zheng in the next round.

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Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu are through to the third round of the WTA 1000 Italian Open tennis tournament with wins on Friday.

Denis Shapovalov smashes his racket in frustration against Vilius Gaubas of Lithuania during their second-round match of the Italian Open on Friday in Rome.

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Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu fell just short in her return to WTA Tour action after falling 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2) to Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands on Wednesday in first-round action at the Open de Rouen in France.

Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu in action against Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the first round of the women’s singles in the 2024 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York. 

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu made her return at Wednesday’s WTA 250 clay-court event in France after an absence of nearly six months.

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Elsewhere on Sunday, No. 24 seed Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost her third-round match 6-4, 6-2 to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.

Kostyuk hit five aces and converted four break points, compared to one for Fernandez, en route to victory.

Defending men's champ Zverev&nbsp;advances

Alexander Zverev advanced at the Italian Open by beating Lithuanian qualifier Vilius Gaubas in straight sets.

No. 2-ranked Zverev, the defending champion,&nbsp;won 6-4, 6-0 in the third-round match and will play France's Arthur Fils next.

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Second-ranked Alex Zverev lost 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to fellow big-hitter Matteo Berrettini in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday in Monaco.

Matteo Berrettini of Italy plays a backhand against Alex Zverev of Germany in a men’s second-round match at the Monte Carlo Masters on April 8, 2025 in Monaco.

Unseeded Matteo Berrettini, pictured, secured a straight-sets victory over top-seeded Alex Zverev on Tuesday when serving for the match for the second time and on his first match point against the top-seeded German. 

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Fils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Carlos Alcaraz played Laslo Djere later Sunday.

In the women's draw, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka fought back from a set down against Sofia Kenin to advance.

Kenin, the No. 31-seeded American, won the first set 6-3, but Sabalenka powered back to take the next two sets by the same score.

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Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Butch Buchholz Trophy following her victory against Jessica Pegula of the United States in the women's final on Day 12 of the Miami Open Presented by Itau 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Florida.  

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U.S. Open champion Sabalenka will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round.

Coco Gauff won in straight sets against Magda Linette 7-5, 6-3.

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu went a set down against Veronika Kudermetova, but bounced back to take the match 5-7, 6-0, 6-1.

Gauff and Raducanu meet in the next round.

Before Sunday, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan hadn't dropped a set in three previous meetings with Canada's Bianca Andreescu, pictured, including a win in the second round of the Madrid Open last month. 

Andreescu defeats Rybakina in straight sets, advances to Italian Open 4th round

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