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Only doubles semifinals in Rome, with finalists Coco Gauff (who needs it more) and Jasmine Paolini getting a day off on Friday before Saturday evening’s semifinal.
But in Parma, 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko continues her run, looking for a win over No. 8 seed Irina-Camelia Begu – who is twice her age) to get to the semifinals.
(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT).
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 6 – 18, 2025
Prize Money: $6,911,032
Draws: S96 – D32
Friday, May 16, 2025
Order of play
Campo Centrale (1:30 p.m. start – 7:30 a.m. EDT)
1. [3] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs [6] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS)
3. Storm Hunter / Ellen Perez (AUS) vs Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) (not before 7 p.m.)
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Parma Ladies Open
Location: Parma, Italy
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 12 – 17, 2025
Prize Money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, May 16, 2025
Order of play
Center Court (11 a.m. start – 5 a.m. EDT)
1. Nicole Fossa Huergo (ESP) / Zhibek Kulambayeva (KAZ) vs Jesika Maleckova / Miriam Skoch (CZE)
2. [4] Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) vs. Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP) / Lara Salden (BEL)
3. [5] Mayar Sherif (EGY) vs Simona Waltert (SUI) (not before 3 p.m.)
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Trophée Clarins
Location: Paris, France
Category: WTA 125
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 12 – 18, 2025
Prize Money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Friday, May 16, 2025
Order of play
Court Central (11 a.m. start – 5 a.m. EDT)
1. [2] Katie Boulter (GBR) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
2. [8] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) vs Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) (not before 12:30 p.m.)
3. [1/WC] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs Chloe Paquet (FRA) (not before 2:30 p.m.)
4. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) vs. [WC] Julie Belgraver (FRA)
Court 1
1. [1] Desirae Krawczyk / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) vs. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR)
2. [2] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Fanny Stollar (HUN) vs Shuko Aoyama / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)