Jannik Sinner, still number one in the world since Monday, did not complete the Italian poker in the finals at Roland Garros. Had he beaten Carlos Alcaraz there would have been four finals with Italian players over the weekend in Paris. However, there are three to try to win. It starts on Saturday, with the women’s and men’s doubles finals, and on Sunday there is the women’s doubles final.
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The first to arrive, at 3pm on Saturday 8 June, is Jasmine Paolini who faces the world number one, the Pole, in her first Slam final Iga Swiatek, the strongest player on clay. Born in 2021, she has already won Roland Garros three times: 2020, when she was 19 years old, 2022 and 2023. For the 28-year-old Italian, this is her first Slam final and she only has one 1000 on her board, everything has arrived in the last few months. Victory in Paris seems very difficult, but if it arrives it would take her to fifth place in the world. She will still be seventh, for the first time in the top ten, next Monday.
The match will be broadcast live at 3pm on Eurosport 1, in addition to the Eurosport and Discovery+ platforms, followed by the final of the men’s doubles.
After the final at the Australian Open Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli they also play the one at Roland Garros always on the central court, the Philippe Chatrier. It would be the first Slam title for the Italian couple, Bolelli has already won the Australian Open in 2015 together with Fabio Fognini. The opponents of the Italian pair in Paris are Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo, a rematch of the semi-final of the Internazionali d’Italia lost by the Azzurri. With a victory Bolelli and Vavassori would rise to first place in the Race towards the Turin finals next November.
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On Sunday, before the men’s final between Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud, there will be the women’s doubles final. Still on the field Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani, fresh winners of the Italian Internationals. Sara Errani has won all the Slam doubles tournaments, paired with Roberta Vinci. At Roland Garros you also reached the singles final: it was 2012 and you won in doubles and lost in singles. The live broadcast is always on Eurosport.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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