- Wimbledon champion beats Latvian opponent 6-2, 6-4 in Rome
- Anhelina Kalinina beats Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
The seventh seed Elena Rybakina beat Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 in a rain-delayed semi-final at the Italian Open and will play Anhelina Kalinina in Saturday’s final in Rome.
Rybakina prevailed in a straightforward first set after the match was delayed by more than an hour, and then interrupted by more rain. Ostapenko gained momentum in the second set and took a 3-0 lead, but Rybakina had closed the gap at 4-2 when rain briefly forced the players off court.