MALAGA, Spain — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women’s team competition. “Jasmine raised her level really high this year.. She’s an example for …
MALAGA, Spain — Aryna Sabalenka ends the year as women’s world No. 4 and an Olympic gold medal in women’s doubles with compatriot Sara Errani, Paolini is a Billie Jean King Cup champion. “Impossible,” Paolini said when asked what she would have thought of a season like this a year ago, having just lost the Billie Jean King Cup final …
Barbora Krejcikova held off Italian crowd favourite Jasmine Paolini to win the Wimbledon singles title on Saturday, coming through 6-2 2-6 6-4 on a sunlit Centre Court. It was heartache for the popular Paolini who lost the French Open final a few weeks ago and was bidding to become the first Italian player to win a Wimbledon singles title. Krejcikova, …
LONDON: Czech 31st seed Barbora Krejcikova will face Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the Wimbledon final after battling back for a shock 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over former champion Elena Rybakina on Thursday. Just hours after Paolini beat tearful Croatian Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the longest women's semi-final at the All England Club, it was Krejcikova's turn to dig …
Jasmine Paolini became the second Italian woman to triumph in Dubai, following in the footsteps of Sara Errani. Jasmine Paolini won her second WTA title but her biggest in Dubai, beating Anna Kalinskaya in the final. AP Jasmine Paolini capped an “incredible” week in Dubai with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Russian world number 40 Anna Kalinskaya to claim …
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