Italy's Jasmine Paolini pulls off rare WTA double at Rome

Italy's Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani successfully defended their Italian Open women's doubles title on Sunday, which enabled Paolini to pull off a WTA feat last accomplished 16 years ago.

Third-seeded Paolini and Errani rallied from 4-0 deficits in both sets to claim a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Russia's Veronika Kudermetova and Belgium's Elise Mertens. On Saturday, the sixth-seeded Paolini defeated fourth-seeded Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to become the first Italian woman in 40 years to win the singles title in the country's signature event.

The 29-year-old Paolini's sweep of the singles and doubles at the Italian Open made her the first competitor to achieve the double at a WTA 1000 tournament since Vera Zvonareva of Russia did it in 2009 at Indian Wells.

"It's amazing," Paolini said. "It's been two amazing weeks, incredible. I don't know what to say. It's just perfect, you know?"