International Affair Alex de Minaur's parents met at the Italian restaurant his Uruguayan father owned in Sydney. His Spanish mother worked there as a waitress. Now their son has a taste for Italian, taking out Matteo Berrettini, 7-6⁴, 6-2, to book a semifinal spot in Vienna.

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Flip the Script Harriet Dart reaches her first WTA final at 30, overcoming 16yo wildcard Xinran Sun, 5-7 7-6¹ 6-0, in Guangzhou. The qualifier fights off two match points in the second set, then runs away with the third. A title tomorrow guarantees her return to the top 100.

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Vision Board Lilli Tagger's a fan of manifesting. A little over a year ago, she told a Tyrol paper she saw no gap between herself and the top 150 players. Today she's world #53. Seems to work! The #4 seed steamrolls Kaitlin Quevedo, 6-2, 6-0, to reach her third WTA final.

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Nigerian! Wicked! Okay, Noma Noha Akugue's dad is Nigerian. She was born in Germany. But, I've been quoting that SNL UK skit all week. Anyway, Akugue climbs to a new career high, handling #1 seed Anna Blinkova, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the final in Courmayeur.

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