Italy's Jasmine Paolini shakes off a slow start to beat American Peyton Stearns and reach the final of the Italian Open.

Jasmine Paolini is playing today in the final of the Italian Open against the American Coco Gauff. The last Italian to achieve this was Sara Errani in 2014, who was defeated on that occasion by

Coco Gauff needed three and a half hours to get past Zheng Qinwen in three sets Thursday to reach the Italian Open final, where she'll face Jasmine Paolini.