Milan, July 11 (LaPresse) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto has reached the final of the “Nordea Open” (WTA 125 – $115,000 prize money) in Bastad, held on the clay courts of the southern Swedish coastal city. The 24-year-old Italian from Fermo, currently ranked No. 116 in the WTA and seeded eighth, advanced to the final after defeating Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic (No. 91 WTA) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. In the final, Cocciaretto will face Poland’s Katarzyna Kawa (WTA No. 132), who overcame Egypt’s Mayar Sherif (No. 86) in three sets: 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.

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