2019 - ROME - ITALY May 18, 2019

Rome 2019: Story of the quarterfinals as Sakkari stuns Mladenovic in dramatic clash

All the best photos from Friday at the Internazionali BNL D'Italia.

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Third seeds Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai lost to the Chan sisters in their doubles quarterfinal (Jimmie48/WTA)

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The Chan sisters embrace after reaching the semifinal (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Karolina Pliskova fought through three sets to beat Victoria Azarenka (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Azarenka took the first set in a tiebreak before the fourth seed came through (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Pliskova signs autographs for fans (Getty)

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A thoughtful Maria Sakkari prior to her quarterfinal against Kristina Mladenovic (Jimmie48/WTA)

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The Frenchwoman won the first set 7-5 (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Sakkari completed a comeback, securing a semifinal spot with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 victory (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Sakkari and Mladenovic hug after their quarterfinal (Jimmie48/WTA)

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Johanna Konta applauds the crowd after her quarterfinal against Marketa Vondrousova (Getty)

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Vondrousova forced a deciding set after dropping the first (Getty)

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The British No.1 beat the Czech 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 (Getty)

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Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from her quarterfinal against Kiki Bertens (Jimmie48/WTA)

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