On the 19th local time, Italy's No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini overcame a backward start and finally defeated the United States' No. 4 seed Coco Gauff 6:4, 6:3 to advance to the top 4 of the 2025 Stuttgart Women's Open, and had to compete with Belarusian world queen Sabalenka for the championship ticket.
Italy's 5th seed, Paulini
The 21-year-old took a 4-2 lead in the first game of the quarter-finals, and the 21-year-old suddenly fell into a dip, allowing the tenacious Paulini to seize the opportunity to fight back and sweep six games in one go. After that, the two sides broke each other twice, and the 29-year-old Paulini took a 5-2 lead and sealed the victory in straight sets, repaying the revenge of two consecutive defeats in the past, and defeating the top 10 rivals for the first time this season
"I think I played aggressively and was pretty consistent on the pitch, didn't make too many mistakes and finished a good game." The 1.63-meter-tall Paulini fights big with her speed and explosiveness to suppress Gauff's unstable serve, "When I step on the court and hit the ball hard, I enjoy playing tennis, you know, I like to hit the ball hard, and it makes me happy." ”