- World No 2 wins 6-2, 6-4 in Italian Open
- ‘This is a dream tournament for me to win’
Aryna Sabalenka had little trouble in defeating Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open semi-finals on Wednesday.
Sabalenka, the world No 2, has never won the Italian Open but she had the majority of the support on Centre Court, where the crowd rose to congratulate the Belarusian’s triumph over the No 9 seed, which took little over an hour to complete.