Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini fly to semifinals in Doha

Errani and Paolini in semifinals

At the second tournament in the season, also comes the first semifinal in doubles for Sara Errani (number 10 in the specialty ranking) and Jasmine Paolini (number 11).

Number 3 seed at the Qatar Total Energies Open (the first WTA 1000 of the 2025 season), the Azzurri defeated Hungary’s Fanny Stollar (number 61) and Russia’s number 29 (no flag on the circuit) Alexandra Panova in the quarters with a score of 6-2 6-1.

The Olympic champions now await to know the name of their next opponents, from the match that will see Irina Khromacheva and Anna Danilina engaged against Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, defeated by Errani and Paolini in the match valid for the gold medal in Paris 2024, but winners in the last previous second round of’Australian Open.