World number one Aryna Sabalenka reached her fourth Stuttgart Open final with a hard-fought 7-5 6-4 win over Italy's Jasmine Paolini. The 26-year-old is targeting a first title, though, having lost to Ash Barty in 2021 and Iga Swiatek in both 2022 and 2023.

Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka has won 7-5, 6-4 against Jasmine Paolini of Italy to set up a clay-court Porsche Grand Prix final against unseeded Jelena Ostapenko

Sabalenka is only the second women's player to win all her first five seasonal matches against opponents in the top 10 in straight sets, after Serena Williams in 2014