Victoria Azarenka set up a Rome Open final with World No 1 Serena Williams after ending local hopes of a dream final with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Sara Errani on Saturday.
Azarenka’s more powerful and varied game carried her through a first set that was interrupted three times — twice by rain and once by Errani calling for her coach after dropping the first three games.
The Belarusian will now face Williams in a final for the first time since her win over the American earlier this year in Doha.
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