There might be a distinctly American feel to the women’s singles and men’s doubles finals in Rome this weekend depending on how things go on Saturday. In the women’s singles field both Madison Keys and #1 Serena Williams are in the semifinals after wins on Friday. Keys had to go three sets but pulled out a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic while Williams swept #9 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in a dominant performance, 6-2, 6-0. Keys has the tougher route to the final as she will face #3 Garbine Muguruza of Spain. Williams takes on Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania.

In men’s doubles #5 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan took out #4 Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Bruno Soares of Brazil 6-3, 6-4 and now take on Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the semifinals. #8 Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil of Canada also didn’t need more than two sets as they defeated Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-4, 7-6(4). Sock/Pospisil face #6 Rohan Bopanna of India and Florin Mergea of Romania in the semifinals. Finally, the US won’t have a semifinalist in women’s doubles after Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were swept by #1 Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India 4-6, 2-6.

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