{"id":673484,"date":"2026-05-15T22:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:34:19","slug":"italian-open-2026-coco-gauff-reaches-back-to-back-finals-in-rome-with-win-over-sorana-cirstea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673484\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Open 2026: Coco Gauff reaches back-to-back finals in Rome with win over Sorana C\u00eerstea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Grateful to be in the final&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gauff&#8217;s semi-final victory against C\u00eerstea was pretty straightforward, unlike her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/italian-open-2026-coco-gauff-beats-mirra-andreeva-rome-semifinals\" 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triumph<\/a>, in which she needed five match points to beat World No. 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mirra-andreeva\" 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Andreeva<\/a> of Russia in a contest that lasted more than two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The twice Grand Slam champion said she felt grateful to be in final after an arduous route to the title clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gauff is only the third player from the\u00a0U.S. to reach back-to-back finals in Rome, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/venus-williams\" 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Williams<\/a> (1998-1999) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/serena-williams\" 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Williams<\/a> (2013-2014).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been enjoying it,&#8221;\u00a0Gauff said in her on-court interview when asked about how her mindset has changed through the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first couple of rounds were tough. Those are the matches you get through. I was one point away from being out of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really grateful to be in the final. Each match, I think I learned a little bit more from something from each match. I think it showed today,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff has struggled on clay this season but seems to have found her form in Rome, as she prepares to defend her 2025 title at the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sport-events\/2026-atp-wta-tennis-roland-garros-paris\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;f10e25cb-7922-4faa-b026-944d6f8d0c32&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-05-14T14:56:00Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Italian Open 2026: Coco Gauff reaches back-to-back finals in Rome with win over Sorana C\u00eerstea  &quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;coco-gauff\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;2026-atp-wta-tennis-internazionali-bnl-d-italia-rome\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-ro\\&quot;,\\&quot;manasi-pathak\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Italian Open 2026: Coco Gauff reaches back-to-back finals in Rome with win over Sorana C\u00eerstea  &quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;italian-open-2026-coco-gauff-back-to-back-finals-rome-sorana-cirstea&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French Open<\/a> in Paris, France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Grateful to be in the final&#8217; Gauff&#8217;s semi-final victory against C\u00eerstea was pretty straightforward, unlike her\u00a0quarter-final triumph, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-673484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}