Italy's Jasmine Paolini shakes off a slow start to beat American Peyton Stearns and reach the final of the Italian Open.

Jasmine Paolini - a winner in Dubai in 2024 - is the first Italian to reach multiple WTA-1000 finals, and the third-oldest player to advance to the Rome showpiece after Helga Masthoff (1971) and Li Na

Jasmine Paolini is playing today in the final of the Italian Open against the American Coco Gauff. The last Italian to achieve this was Sara Errani in 2014, who was defeated on that occasion by