Errani and Paolini, extraordinary feat at Roland Garros: they reach the doubles final (Video summary of the match)

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini they accomplished a feat at Roland Garros, beating the Ukrainian pair in a comeback Marta Kostyuk and the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse with the score 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in two hours and four minutes of play. The fresh winners of the Rome Internationals thus arrive in another final, this time at Slam level, where they will challenge the pair on Sunday Katerina Siniakova / Coco Gauff [5].
For Jasmine Paolini this is an extraordinary result: the Tuscan tennis player finds herself playing a double final in the same Grand Slam tournament, tomorrow in singles and the following day in doubles with Sara Errani.

The first set was a real nightmare for the Italians, who struggled a lot on serve, suffering three consecutive breaks. Kostyuk and Ruse dominated the set, closing on 6-1 in the blink of an eye. But the reaction of Paolini and Errani was not long in coming: in the second set they immediately broke their opponents’ serve, taking a 2-0 lead and taking advantage of their rivals’ nervousness. Despite a series of breaks and counter-breaks, the Italians managed to close the set at 6-4, dragging the match to the third.
In the decisive set, Paolini and Errani changed gear, finding a double break that took them 4-1. After canceling a break point in the sixth game, the Italians closed the match with a clear 6-1, giving themselves a historic final.

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WOMEN’S SEMI-FINAL

Sunday will be a memorable day for Italian tennis, with Jasmine Paolini starring in both finals and Sara Errani ready to write another page in the history of Italian tennis. The two tennis players demonstrated great character and determination, overcoming a situation that seemed compromised and giving the Italian public an extraordinary feat.

GS Roland Garros

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani [11]

1

6

6

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

6

4

1

Winner: Jasmine PaoliniSara Errani

Service

Execution

Set 3

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

5-1 → 6-1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

15-0

3-3pm

30-15

30-30

40-30

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

4-1 → 5-1

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

3-1 → 4-1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

2-1 → 3-1

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

2-0 → 2-1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

1-0 → 2-0

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

15-0

30-0

30-15

40-15

40-30

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

0-0 → 1-0

Service

Execution

Set 2

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

5-4 → 6-4

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

5-3 → 5-4

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

15-0

3-3pm

30-15

40-15

40-30

4-3 → 5-3

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

3-3 → 4-3

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

15-0

3-3pm

30-15

15-30

15-40

3-2 → 3-3

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

2-2 → 3-2

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

15-0

3-3pm

15-30

15-40

30-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

40-A

2-1 → 2-2

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

0-15

3-3pm

30-15

40-15

40-30

2-0 → 2-1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

0-15

0-30

15-30

30-30

40-30

1-0 → 2-0

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

0-15

0-30

15-30

30-30

30-40

0-0 → 1-0

Service

Execution

Set 1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

0-15

3-3pm

30-15

30-30

40-30

40-40

40-A

1-5 → 1-6

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

1-4 → 1-5

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

0-15

3-3pm

30-15

30-30

40-30

40-40

40-A

1-3 → 1-4

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

15-0

3-3pm

30-15

40-15

40-30

1-2 → 1-3

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

15-0

3-3pm

30-15

30-30

30-40

1-1 → 1-2

Elena-Gabriela Ruse / Marta Kostyuk

1-0 → 1-1

Jasmine Paolini / Sara Errani

0-0 → 1-0

Francesco Paolo Villarico