ROME - Simona Halep and defending women's champion Karolina Pliskova both eased into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Friday .
The two-time Rome finalist next meets Yulia Putintseva, who battled back from 6-4, 5-2 down to see off fellow Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the 10th seed, 4-6, 7-6 , 6-2. Halep is warming up on clay for the French Open, a tournament she won in 2018, after skipping the US tour because of coronavirus fears.World number four Pliskova dominated 65th-ranked Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-3 in their third round match.
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