No. 4 seed Coco Gauff will face No. 6 Jasmine Paolini for the WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia title on Saturday at 5 p.m. local (11 a.m. ET). Here’s everything you need to know.

Coco Gauff needed three and a half hours to get past Zheng Qinwen in three sets Thursday to reach the Italian Open final, where she'll face Jasmine Paolini.

Jasmine Paolini will face Coco Gauff in the Italian Open final on Saturday as she bids to become the event's first home women's singles champion for 40 years. A 7-5 6-1 victory against Peyton Stearns on Thursday carried Italian Paolini through to the title match.