Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 13, 2025 Italy's Jasmine Paolini in action during her quarter final match against Russia's Diana Shnaider REUTERS/Yves Herman
ROME, Italy (Reuters) -Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman to reach the Italian Open semi-finals since 2014 when she beat Russian world number 11 Diana Shnaider 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 on Tuesday.
In a stunning first-set collapse, Paolini was 4-0 up but lost the next five games before Shnaider then forced a tiebreak, which the 21-year-old Russian dominated.
