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Patna : Reigning French Open champion & 15th seed Iga Swiatek, 19, Poland, and 9th seed Karolina Pliskova, 29, Czech Republic, will clash in women’s singles final of Italian Open, a WTA Masters 1,000 clay court event, at Rome, Italy, on May 16, 2021.
World No 15 Iga Swiatek beat World No 35 Coco Cori Gauff, 17, USA, in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 in semi-finals on May 15, 2021. Siwatek, the 2020 French Open champion, won 3 break points in the match to 2 by the American. The Pole also won 4 games in a row to 3 by Gauff. The American fired 7 Aces in the match to just 1 by Swiatek. The Pole, in all, won 79 points in the match to 67 by Gauff.
World No 9 Pliskova battled past World No 25 Petra Martic, 30, Croatia, in three-set in semi-finals. Pliskova beat Martic 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 on May 15, 2021, to reach final. Pliskova won 6 break points in the match to 3 by Martic. The Czech also won 5 games in a row during the match to 4 by the Croatian. Pliskova hammered 8 Aces in the match to 4 by Martic. The Czech, however, also committed 9 double faults during the match to 2 by the CRoatian. Pliskova, in all, won 91 points to 76 by Martic.