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ROME – With five of the top six seeds out early – and No. 1 Iga Swiatek out in the quarterfinals – it was always going to be sort of a wacky final four at this rain-soaked Italian Open.

And so it is, with No. 7 seed Elena Rybakina in the driver’s seat to win her first title in Rome.

Standing in her way was an in-form Jelena Ostapenko. And we all know what she’s capable of when she’s on this kind of roll. But it wasn’t her day.

(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Category: ATP 1000
Dates: May 9 – 21, 2023
Prize money: €8,637,966
Draws: S96 – D32

Friday, May 19, 2023
Final results

Women’s singles, semifinals

[7] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def [20] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 62 64

[30] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def [11] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 75 57 62

Men’s doubles, semifinals

Robin Haase / Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) def. [1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) 76 (2) 64

Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 63 75

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