Parma: American teenager Coco Gauff reached her first clay-court final after she defeated Katerina Siniakova with 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 scoreline on Friday at the Emilia-Romagna Open.
It’s a second career WTA final for the 17-year-old American, who reached her first semifinal on clay last week at the Italian Open.
She is gearing up for the claycourt Grand Slam French Open, which starts May 30.
Gauff will face 48th-ranked Chinese Wang Qiang, who defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-2, 7-6 (3) in her semi-final match. Wang trailed 5-1 in the second set before rallying to close it out.
Gauff is aiming for her second career title, having won her only previous final in Lienz, Austria, in 2019.
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