Miami Open: Sabalenka remains firm in her title defense and will face Rybakina in an early final

Aryna Sabalenka achieved another success. One more to reaffirm its brilliant relevance. The best player in the world opened the night by beating Hailey Baptiste (45th)thus advancing to the semifinal of the Miami Open. The camera signed as the winner after one hour and 20 minutes of action, 6-4 and 6-4.

With cruising speed activated and after recovering from an erratic start, the recent Indian Wells champion and owner of 23 professional titles was the favorite at the Hard Rock Stadium and She entered the top four of the WTA 1000 in Florida for the second consecutive yearwhere he defends the championship achieved in 2025.

2026 smiles with laughter at Anton Dubrov’s pupil. He won two of the three tournaments he played in the season (Brisbane and Indian Wells), while he finished runner-up at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam on the calendar. Thus, after this victory, won the 21st victory of the year. He only lost one matchagainst Elena Rybakina (2nd), in the aforementioned definition in Melbourne Park.

Baptiste arrived with enthusiasm for the match after having defeated Elina Svitolina (8th) and Jelena Ostapenko (24th) and, convinced, stood tall against the 1st in the world. Aggressive from the back of the field and without respect Due to the size of her opponent, the North American played a great match and He said goodbye with his head held high. The Belarusian, however, rescued opportunities for break against during his first two service games and took advantage of the only one he had in the first set to take advantage.

The hierarchy weighed again in the second set. Everything happened with parity and with successes on one side and the other. However, Anton Dubrov’s pupil got two more breaks, in the sixth and tenth games, the latter a product of three double faults in a row of the local, and sentenced history with a total of 22 winners and 12 unforced errors.

This victory puts Sabalenka in a semifinal that smells like an early final, since on the other side of the net will be the Kazakh Elena Rybakinanumber two in the world, who came back against the host Jessica Pegula (5th) to remain strong in the American competition.

They are the two best players today and are forming a new classic in white sport. They will meet for the third time this seasonafter what was the victory of the Moscow-born in the Australian Open and the recent success of the one from Minsk in Indian Wells.

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