Miami Open, Jasmine Paolini and Aryna Sabalenka
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Aryna Sabalenka swatted booming serves and consistently muscled returns out of Jasmine Paolini's reach in a straight-sets domination of the Italian on Thursday to reach her first Miami Open final.
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Sabalenka fired up her lethal forehand in posting 22 winners on that wing to win the $1.1 million first prize.
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Naomi Osaka and Jasmine Paolini had never played each other on the WTA Tour before today, and it took the four-time Grand Slam champion a few sets to adjust to Paolini's play style. After dropping the first set,
Paolini is the first Italian woman to make the semifinals at Miami. There were six instances of Italian women making the quarterfinals there, most recently Martina Trevisan in 2023.
Heavy rain poured down on Hard Rock Stadium Sunday afternoon and there was lightning in the area, delaying the start of the Miami Open men’s final between 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and 19-year-old Czech newcomer Jakub Mensik.
Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1 in the world) takes on Jasmine Paolini (No. 7) in the semifinals at the Miami Open presented by Itau.Sabalenka is favored (-649) in this match against the
Millie Bobby Brown sat courtside on Thursday for the women's semifinal at the Miami Open. The Florence by Mills founder watched Aryna Sabalenka defeat Jasmine Paolini during the final stages of the tournament,