WTA Rome: Paulini reaches the semi-finals for the first time and will face Dark Horse Stearns

On May 13, local time, the two quarterfinals of the women's singles in the lower half of the women's singles at the WTA1000 Rome station, the first sister of the local and the No. 6 seed Paulini staged a reversal, she overcame the first set and the second set 0-4 The situation was defeated, and finally defeated the No. 13 seed Schneider 6-7(1)/6-4/6-2, reaching the semifinals of Rome for the first time in her career and reaching the semifinals of the 1000 tournament for the third time.

Paulini

Paulini will battle for a place in the final against American dark horse Stearns, who also battled in three sets to defeat two-time champion and No.16 seed Svitolina 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4) to reach the semi-finals of a 1000 tournament for the first time in his career. Strens has won all three of her last three matches in a tiebreaker (Case, Naomi Osaka, Svitolina), becoming the first player in the Open era to win three consecutive tiebreakers in a WTA main event, and she is now breaking the top 30 mark for the first time in her instant rankings.

Stearns

According to the schedule on May 14, Centre Court will play two quarter-finals in the upper half of the women's singles and two quarter-finals in the lower half of the men's singles. Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka's first clay clash will be staged tomorrow at 1am GMT, and after the two sides have lost all six previous meetings, can she usher in her first win in Italy? Let's wait and see.

May 14 schedule

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)