“American Taylor Townsend Advances to Firenze Ladies Open Final with Win Over Seeded Italian Sara Errani”

American Taylor Townsend beat No. 6 seeded Italian Sara Errani in straight sets (4-6, 7-5, 7-5) to advance to the final of the Firenze Ladies Open on Saturday in middle of the day.

Townsend, No. 168 in the WTA, will take on the winner of the upcoming match between No. 8 seed Lucia Bronzetti and No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini in the Firenze Ladies Open final.

The American had won against the Croatian Ana Konjuh (5-2 ab.), against the Romanian Ana Bogdan, seeded n ° 3 (6-0, 6-4), and against the Italian wild card Matilde Paoletti (6-3, 6-2), before her success against Errani, 78th player in the world at the WTA, on Saturday.

The 36-year-old Italian won against wild card Lisa Pigato (7-5, 6-0), Indian qualifier Ankita Raina (3-6, 6-3, 6-3), and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard (6-3, 1-0 strikeouts).