Bronzetti reaches first final on tour at Palermo Ladies Open
Posted July 23, 2022 7:00 am
PALERMO, Sicily (AP) - Lucia Bronzetti reached her first final on tour by rallying past fellow Italian Jasmine Paolini 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the Palermo Ladies Open on Saturday.
Paolini double-faulted to hand Bronzetti a 5-3 lead in the third set and a chance to serve it out - which Bronzetti did at love.
The 78th-ranked Bronzetti wasn't expecting to get this far.
'œIf you had told me at the start of the week, I wouldn't have believed it,'ť she said.
In Sunday's final on the red clay of the Country Time Club, Bronzetti will face fourth-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo or sixth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu.
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