World No. 85 Kamilla Rakhimova from Russia secured her spot in the final round of qualifying for the Internazionali BNL d`Italia tournament. She comfortably defeated Spain`s Leire Romero-Gormaz, ranked 133rd globally, in their semifinal match with a dominant score of 6/3, 6/0.
The match, which was the first official meeting between the two players, concluded in just 1 hour and 6 minutes.
Match Statistics:
| Rakhimova | Romero-Gormaz | |
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 |
| Breaks | 5 | 0 |
| Total Points Won | 56 | 37 |
Kamilla Rakhimova will now compete for a place in the main draw of the Rome tournament against Canada`s Victoria Mboko.
