There will be plenty of feisty athleticism on display, but only one player will have the crowd behind her. The question may be how she handles the support.

While Stearns gave herself a new foothold in Rome, Paolini has reassured any of us who feared she might be a one-year wonder. When her results dipped early this season, it seemed logical to ask if ...

28th seed Peyton Stearns will face Eva Lys in the first round ... She opted not to defend her title in Rabat following her run in Rome. Lys went down quite tamely to Paolini in the opening round ...

No. 6 Jasmine Paolini meets unseeded Peyton Stearns in the first semifinal. We make the case for the four semifinalists: Head-to-head: Gauff won both previous meetings against Zheng Qinwen (in Rome’s ...

ROME (Reuters) - Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she beat American Peyton Stearns 7-5 6-1 on Thursday.

ROME (Reuters) -Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she beat American Peyton Stearns 7-5 6-1 on Thursday.

Home favourite Jasmine Paolini reached the Italian Open final with a 7-5 6-1 victory over Peyton ... on the clay in Rome. Things could have been very different, however, as Stearns generated ...

ROME – Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she beat American Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-1 on May 15. The 29-year-old ...

She entered the event after exiting early in Miami, Madrid, Strasbourg, and Rome. Despite a valiant effort ... biggest wins of her career in Paris. Stearns was one of the dark horses at the ...