After the four matches on the women's side on Friday, the four semifinalists in Rome have been determined. Madison Keys and Garbine Muguruza will face each other at noon local time, whereas Serena Williams is going to play Irina-Camelia Begu for a spot in finals at the Foro Italico. René Denfeld recaps the day's action at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Today's order of play started off with a firecracker on paper and it delivered every bit as much within the first one and a half sets — Garbine Muguruza's powerful and aggressive game off the ground matched up perfectly with Timea Bacsinszky's crafty and clever game on clay and it didn't disappoint one bit in reality.