2019 - ROME - ITALY
Rome 2019: How Super Thursday unfolded
A Wednesday washout at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia meant an action-packed Thursday - and with 20 matches completed to set the quarterfinals, the drama didn't stop at any point. Look back on the best pictures from the day here.
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World No.1 Naomi Osaka was the first player to post a result, winning her second round over Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-3 (Getty)
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Rabat runner-up Johanna Konta's career-best clay season continued as she caused the day's first upset, ousting No.7 seed Sloane Stephens 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-1 despite losing the first set from 4-0 up (Getty)
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Resurgent under new coach Sascha Bajin, qualifier Kristina Mladenovic eliminated Belinda Bencic 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in the second round (Getty)
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Madrid champion Kiki Bertens extended her winning streak with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 second-round defeat of teenage lucky loser Amanda Anisimova (Getty)
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Mihaela Buzarnescu progressed into the third round when No.16 seed Julia Goerges retired with a thigh injury at 4-4 in the deciding set of their second-round clash (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Garbiñe Muguruza pulled away in the deciding set to defeat Danielle Collins 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round (Jimmie48/WTA)
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2015 finalist Carla Suárez Navarro moved into the third round when Alizé Cornet retired trailing 6-3, 3-0 due to a thigh injury (Jimmie48/WTA)
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19-year-old Marketa Vondrousova caused another second-round upset, making fabulous use of the dropshot to stun No.3 seed Simona Halep for the second time this year 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Daria Kasatkina also came from a set down to win, defeating Katerina Siniakova 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to score consecutive victories for the first time in 2019 (Getty)
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An all-American second-round derby saw Sofia Kenin upset 2016 finalist Madison Keys 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 (Jimmie48/WTA)
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No.2 seed Petra Kvitova wasted no time in getting her second-round match out of the way, ruthlessly eliminating Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-1 (Getty)
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Rabat champion Maria Sakkari continued her upswing and completed the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 upset of Stuttgart finalist Anett Kontaveit (Getty)
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Johanna Konta defeated her second Slam champion of the day in the third round, ousting Venus Williams 6-2, 6-4 (Getty)
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Victoria Azarenka moved into her first Rome quarterfinal in four years when Garbiñe Muguruza retired trailing by a set and a break in a clash of former World No.1s (Getty)
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Former World No.10 Kristina Mladenovic's return to form gained even more pace in the third round with a 6-2, 6-3 upset of No.8 seed Ashleigh Barty, the Frenchwoman's second Top 10 win of the season (Getty)
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Marathon woman Kiki Bertens won her second three-setter of the day 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over Carla Suárez Navarro to make the quarterfinals, having spent three hours and 54 minutes on court in total (Getty)
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By contrast, Naomi Osaka posted another 6-3, 6-3 scoreline in the third round over Mihaela Buzarnescu to become the only player to win two straight-set matches on Thursday (Getty)
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A marvelous contest of shotmaking and creativity saw Marketa Vondrousova win her second epic of the day, beating Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 to make her debut Rome quarterfinal after four hours and 25 minutes on court (Jimmie48/WTA)
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Qualifier Maria Sakkari outlasted Petra Kvitova in the final third-round match, progressing to the quarterfinals after the Czech retired trailing 7-5, 5-7, 4-0 with a calf injury (Getty)