<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/aryna-sabalenka-in-quarters-carlos-alcaraz-stretched-23542197" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Aryna Sabalenka</strong></a>&rsquo;s stunning clay-court form deserted her at the Foro Italico as she fell in straight sets to Olympic gold medallist Zheng Qinwen, late on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>After surviving early pressure on her own serve, Qinwen broke Sabalenka to take a 3-2 lead in the first set before serving out.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The Chinese then pounced in Sabalenka&rsquo;s first service game in the second frame to go up a break. Sabalenka showed determination to make gritty holds in the fifth and seventh games of the set, but she could not make inroads on Qinwen&rsquo;s service as the 22-year-old powered into the semis. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Qinwen will meet Coco Gauff in the last-four of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/carlos-alcaraz-in-last-16-osaka-shocked-at-italian-open-23541205" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Italian Open</strong></a>. Meanwhile, local favourite Jasmine Paolini waltzed into the final, much to the delight of the home crowd, by beating USA&rsquo;s Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-1.</p>
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After surviving early pressure on her own serve, Qinwen broke Sabalenka to take a 3-2 lead in the first set before serving out

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