ROME: French Open champion Iga Swiatek beat fellow teenager Coco Gauff to set up an Italian Open final against Karolina Pliskova in Rome.
Nineteen-year-old Swiatek, seeded 15th, beat 17-year-old American Gauff 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in one hour and 46 minutes.
Pliskova, 29, made her third straight Italian Open final with a 6-1 3-6 6-2 win over Croatia's Petra Martic.
Ninth seed Pliskova, the 2019 champion, lost last year's final after retiring injured while trailing Simona Halep. Agencies