PARIS (AP) — Jasmine Paolini will play in the women's doubles and singles finals at the , after getting to the team event with Sara Errani by defeating Marta Kostyuk and Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Friday.
On Sunday, Italy's Paolini and Errani will meet Coco Gauff of the U.S. and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, who eliminated the American duo of Desirae Krawczyk and Caroline Dolehide 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
On Saturday, Paolini will face two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek in the .
Gauff, last year's U.S. Open singles champion, lost in the singles semifinals on Thursday.
Neither Paolini nor Gauff ever has won a major women's doubles title. Errani and Siniakova both own career Grand Slams with other partners.
In men’s doubles, Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic reached the final by beating the top-seeded pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Arevalo and Pavic will face Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori for the championship on Saturday.
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