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Iga Swiatek beat Coco Gauff 6-4 6-3 to secure her place in the Italian Open final in Rome.<\/b><\/p>\n
Gauff went up by an early break, but world number one Swiatek quickly retrieved the deficit before going on to take the opening set.<\/p>\n
Swiatek broke the American’s serve in the fifth game of the second set before a double fault at 4-3 up resulted in the 22-year-old Pole facing only her second break point of the match.<\/p>\n
That opportunity was not seized and Swiatek broke the world number three’s serve in the next game to win the match in one hour and 47 minutes.<\/p>\n
Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final after the world number two beat American Danielle Collins 7-5 6-2.<\/p>\n
“I’m just going to play as best tennis as possible in the final,” said Swiatek, who won the Italian Open in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n
“It is still a long way to win and still a lot of work to do.”<\/p>\n
The match against Sabalenka will be a repeat of the Madrid Open final earlier this month which Swiatek won<\/a> in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n In the men’s draw in Rome, Nicolas Jarry caused an upset by beating world number seven Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Jarry, from Chile, claimed a 3-6 7-5 6-4 win to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final.<\/p>\n He will face Tommy Paul in the last four after the American knocked out Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.<\/p>\n Paul, who beat defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the last 16, won 7-5 3-6 6-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n