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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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.
After dropping the first set, Paolini proved too much for Osaka, winning a hard-fought three-set match: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Paolini will play in the quarterfinal of the Miami Open.
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
Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman to reach the Miami Open semifinals with a straight-sets quarterfinal victory over Magda Linette on Tuesday. She will face World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the Final Four.
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Sporting News on MSNHow to watch Miami Open 2025: Full schedule, TV channel, live stream and prize money for women's eventWorld No 1 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Italian sixth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to continue her dominant run at the Miami Open. Sabalenka, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, is chasing her first title at the WTA 1000 event.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 in 71 minutes to advance to the Miami Open final and take a step closer to becoming the third-ever men's tennis player (Jimmy Connors,
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, alongside her husband Jake Bongiovi and father-in-law Jon Bon Jovi.