Carla Suarez Navarro and Maria Sharapova will face each other in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the third final of the season for both players.
In the first semifinal, Carla Suarez Navarro recorded her first victory over a world No.2 player and improved her WTA-leading record in this season's match wins to 31 by stunning Simona Halep 2-6 6-3 7-5. The tenth-ranked Suarez Navarro initially trailed a set and a break before regrouping and forcing the third set which was a story of its own. All the way to 4-4 we had nothing but breaks!