Jasmine Paolini in history, the queen of Rome is Italian

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Jasmine Paolini is the new queen of Rome. And if to sign the feat is a player who at the Foro Italico had never won more than one match then we are in the fairy tale range.

Jasmine Paolini won the trophy of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, becoming the first Italian player to inscribe her name in the tournament’s roll of honor, exactly forty years after Raffaella Reggi (but the 1985 edition was played in Taranto).

In the final, with President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in the stands,- the 29-year-old from Bagni di Lucca, No. 5 in the ranking and No. 6 in the seeding, defeated 6-4 6-2, in an hour and 29 minutes of play, the U.S. Coco Gauff, No. 3 WTA and fourth seed.

The U.S. was ahead 2-1 in the balance of direct confrontations with Jasmine, who, however, had won the very last one, played in the quarters on Stuttgart indoor clay last month.

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