Final day in Rome.
2025 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Clay Outdoor, Rome, Italy, 6-18 May 2025.
Defending champion:
Iga Świątek (1) who defeated Aryna Sabalenka (2) 6-2 6-3.
Final:
Coco Gauff (4) (USA) v Jasmine Paolini (6) (Italy)
Gauff led Paolini 2-1 in previous matches between the players.
Paolini won the most recent encounter:
Stuttgart quarter final - April 2025.
Breaks of serve in the first three games of set one.
Paolini led 2-1.
Paolini held serve in game four to lead 3-1.
Gauff saved a break point in game five and held for 2-4.
Gauff served at 3-5 to stay in the set.
She held for 4-5.
Paolini served out the set 6-4.
Paolini broke the Gauff serve in games one and three of set two.
She led 3-0.
Breaks of serve were exchanged in games four and five, leaving Paolini ahead 4-1.
Gauff served at 2-5 to stay in the match.
She held.
Jasmine Paolini served out the match 6-4 6-2, claiming the Italian Open title.
First Italian women to win the title in 40 years.
The second title at WTA 1000 level for Paolini, the other being Dubai.
Third title overall - first since that Dubai success in February 2024.
Paolini overtakes Iga Swiatek and moves to #4 in the world rankings.
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