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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Aryna
Sabalenka won 7-5, 6-4 against Jasmine Paolini of Italy on
Sunday to set up a clay-court Porsche Grand Prix final against
unseeded Jelena Ostapenko.
The No.1-ranked Sabalenka has conserved some energy in the
tournament. The 26-year-old Belarussian got a bye through the
first round and a walkover in the second.
Sabalenka looked sharp against the fifth-seeded Paolini, last
year's French Open runner-up, breaking her serve six times.
Sabalenka owns three Grand Slam titles and will aim for her 20th
career title overall but her first at the Porsche Grand Prix,
where she lost her three previous finals at the Stuttgart
tournament.
The 27-year-old Ostapenko, who is Latvian, earlier won 6-4, 6-4
against Ekaterina Alexandrova and is bidding for her ninth
career title.
Ostapenko won the French Open in 2017 with a high-risk brand of
big-hitting tennis and improbable winners.
It is her only major title so far. She reached a career-best
ranking of fifth the following year and is now ranked 24th.
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