Turin, 28 March (LaPresse) – Last night, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini reached their first final at the ‘Miami Open’, the fourth WTA 1000 event of the season (combined with the second ATP Masters 1000 of 2026), with a total prize fund of $9,411,725, currently being played on the hard courts of Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. The two Italians (both ranked No. 5 in the discipline), the top seeds, played just three games in the semi-final. They opened with a 8-2 lead, suffered a love-game break, but at 2-1, Belgium’s Elise Mertens, partnering China’s Shuai Zhang (No. 1 and No. 14 in doubles), complained of chest problems. She requested medical attention, but was not even treated and threw in the towel. Thus ends the tournament for the fourth seeds, third in the Race to Riyadh, who in the quarter-finals saved four match points against Australia’s Storm Hunter and the USA’s Jessica Pegula (No. 20 and No. 133 in the doubles rankings, but both former world No. 1s). In the final, Errani and Paolini will face the second-seeded pair, comprising the Czech Katerina Siniakova and the American Taylor Townsend (No. 2 and No. 7 in doubles), fifth in the Race to Riyadh, who staged a comeback in the semi-finals to defeat in one hour and 37 minutes, the pairing of Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian Luisa Stefani (No. 3 and No. 10), who are second in the Race.