Shock on the cards? Jasmine Paolini set and a break up in final as first step of Rome Open Italian Job in sight
WTASaturday, 17 May 2025 at 18:14
Jasmine Paolini was the outsider in her match against Coco Gauff but she is taking the game to the American and is a set and a break up at the Rome Open in a title that would do wonders for her immediate future.
Paolini defends a Roland Garros final and also a Wimbledon final in the coming months and employed Marc Lopez for this clay court season to help give her a similar giule to a certain Rafael Nadal who he coached at the end of his career.
She has morphed into a potential Queen of Clay ripping apart the favourite at times during the opening exchanges and it would be the first part of the 'Italian Job' not the film as Jannik Sinner will play Carlos Alcaraz in a mouthwatering finale tomorrow in the men's.
We could see the immediate return of the World No.1 to the winners circle and in fact Paolini scoop her joint biggest title alongside Dubai last year which kicked off her wonderful summer.
Only a few games to go but can she close it out? Stay tuned to TennisUpToDate.com.
The Italian’s not slowing down! 🚀
— Internazionali BNL d'Italia (@InteBNLdItalia) May 17, 2025
Paolini up a break and 2-0 in set two#IBI25 pic.twitter.com/Y3ZH6yix2F
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