Firenze Ladies Open: Paolini reaches semi-finals
Jasmine Paolini edged out Ylena In-Albon 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday evening and will play Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, reached the last four of the Firenze Ladies Open by edging out Swiss Ylena In-Albon 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday evening.
Paolini, ranked No 65, will face Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 8 seed, next.
The Italian edged out Katie Swan (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7)) and won against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (7-5, 4-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, In-Albon, ranked No 132, beat Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the No 7 seed (7-6 (11), 6-3) and Belgian Magali Kempen (6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1).
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