Paulini became the third Italian player in history to qualify for the women's singles final of the Rome tennis tournament

On the 15th local time, Paulini defeated the American dark horse Peyton Stearns 7:5, 6:1 and became the third Italian player in history to advance to the women's singles final of the Rome Tennis Championships.

Paulini

"It's my dream to reach the final here. It was a tough start, but thankfully everyone was there to encourage me. "Facing the menacing Stearns at home on clay, Paulini, who is only 163 cm tall, not only overcame 0:3 behind, but also resolved 2 set points, and then came up to grab the first set, the landlord's 6th seed was full of firepower, and swept 6 games from 0:1 in the second set, and successfully fell out of the second set," I didn't feel good at the beginning of the game, but I was very happy that I had turned the tide. ”

The 29-year-old made it to her eighth career Women's Singles final and her fourth WTA 1,000-point or higher title match after last year's Dubai, French Open and Wimbledon tournaments. She is expected to become the first female player to win the Rome Gold Cup since her doubles partner Ellani in 2014, and will be looking to keep up with her compatriot Raffaella Reggi, who won the title in 1985.