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Elise Mertens def. Jasmine Paolini — Round of 32, Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2026

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Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2026

WTA 1000ClayRome, Italy

Played9 May 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇧🇪ranked WTA number 22 going into this drawWon

Elise Mertens seeded 21 4 7 6

🇮🇹ranked WTA number 8 going into this draw

Jasmine Paolini seeded 9 6 65 3

Next · Round of 16vs 🇷🇺Mirra Andreeva

What this match is worth

Points earned

Mertens +120Paolini +65

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Head to head

1-1

What decided it

  • Four points in it: Mertens won 105 points to 101
  • Mertens broke 5 times from 8 chances, Paolini 5 from 11
  • The second set went to a tiebreak, Mertens took it 7–5
  • Mertens came back from a set down