Day three of the Rome International produced a bundle of upsets in the WTA draw, with eight seeds knocked out of the tournament and only three advancing.
Second seed Angelique Kerber was eliminated in three sets by Canadian Eugenie Bouchard; Getty Images
Eugenie Bouchard scored her first top 10 win since 2014 as she upset world No.2 Angelique Kerber; Getty Images
Last year’s French Open finalist Lucie Safarova tumbled out of the event, beaten by Japan’s Misaki Doi; Getty Images
Japan’s Misaki Doi fires a forehand in her win over No.10 seed Lucie Safarova; Getty Images
No.13 seed Ana Ivanovic was on the stretch against Christina McHale, losing in three sets to the American; Getty Images
Hometown favourite Roberta Vinci’s sliced backhand did not trouble Brit Johanna Konta, who blasted pass the No.7 seed; Getty Images
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu stunned the in-form Victoria Azarenka; Getty Images
A disappointed No.4 seed Victoria Azarenka had no answers for her loss to Irina-Camelia Begu; Getty Images
Hungarian Timea Babos celebrated her birthday with a victory over Venus Williams; Getty Images
Venus Williams battled for three sets but the No.12 seed couldn’t qualify for the third round; Getty Images
After a winning run in Madrid, sixth seeded Romanian Simona Halep crashed out against Daria Gavrilova; Getty Images
Daria Gavrilova fires a forehand in her upset of Simona Halep; Getty Images
A powerful display from Madison Keys helped her eliminate fifth seed Petra Kvitova; Getty Images
Petra Kvitova gave it her all but couldn’t beat Madison Keys, a loss which will send her out of the top 10; Getty Images
