Not only did she reach the Roland Garros final, but she backed up that incredible accomplishment by also reaching the Wimbledon final.

There have been many cases where Roland Garros finalists and even champions find the transition to grass really difficult and tend to lose in the early rounds of the third Grand Slam of the year.

But this was not Paolini’s case. She continued to play at a very high level and she just won a gold medal in doubles alongside veteran Sara Errani.

A great year for Italian tennis. Lorenzo Musetti won the bronze medal just yesterday and the men’s won the Davis Cup less than a year ago, not to mention Sinner’s first Grand Slam trophy in Australian and the Number 1 ranking.

ANDIAMO!