Italian Open: Hunter-Mertens defeat Gauff-Pegula to win doubles title
No.4 seeds Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens captured their first team title at the Italian Open by defeating top seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-4 in the final, here.
Svitolina advanced to the final of Italian Open when Garbiñe Muguruza retired with an injury.
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina advanced to the final of Italian Open tennis tournament when Garbiñe Muguruza retired with an injury while trailing 1-4 in the first set.
The third-seeded Spaniard on Saturday stopped just after 22 minutes due to neck pain. Muguruza said she had the problem before the match but wanted to give it a go in the women's second semi-final, reports Xinhua Efe.
Svitolina, the No. 8 seed, will play the final against Romania's Simona Halep, who defeated the Netherlands' Kiki Bertens earlier on Saturday 7-5, 6-1.
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Halep is seeking her second straight WTA premier clay-court title, having won the Madrid Open last weekend.
The sixth-seeded Romanian is rounding into form ahead of the French Open, tennis' lone clay-court Grand Slam event, which gets under way on May 28.
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