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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates match point after defeating Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their match on Day 10 of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 27, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - MARCH 27: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates match point after defeating Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their match on Day 10 of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 27, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida.   Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by AL BELLO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Miami Open Presented by Itau 2025 - Day 10

Agence France-Presse

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1743121776017AFP__20250327__2207234729__v2__HighRes__MiamiOpenPresentedByItau2025Day10.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates match point after defeating Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their match on Day 10 of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 27, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP"/>Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates match point after defeating Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their match on Day 10 of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 27, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Al Bello, Getty Images/AFP</div>MIAMI GARDENS -- World number one Aryna Sabalenka blasted her way into the final of the Miami Open with a convincing 6-2 6-2 demolition of Italy&#x27;s Jasmine Paolini.Sabalenka needed just 71 minutes to wrap-up her win against the sixth seed and she will now face the winner of Thursday&#x27;s other semi-final between American Jessica Pegula and wildcard Alexandra Eala.The win earns the Belarusian, who was beaten in the Indian Wells final earlier this month by Mirra Andreeva, a place in the Miami final for the first time in her career.&quot;I&#x27;m super happy with the level I played today. Of course super happy to be in my first Miami Open final,&quot; said Sabalenka.Sabalenka was never behind against Paolini, and the match was only tied twice -- at 1-1 in each set. She served six aces and broke the Italian&#x27;s serve four times.&quot;I definitely would say that this was one of the best matches in the season so far. I don&#x27;t know. I was just so focused on myself, on the things I had to do today.&quot;It felt like everything was just, like, going smoothly my way,&quot; she said.Sabalenka will be keen to banish the memory of defeat in the Indian Wells final and in the Australian Open final where she lost to Madison Keys.&quot;The lessons (of those defeats) was, I believe, [to] focus on myself, not on what&#x27;s going on the other side,&quot; she said.&quot;I think in those finals I was more focusing on my opponents than on myself. I think I just have to bring the same attitude, the same mindset that I had today, I think I have to bring it in the finals,&quot; she said.&quot;I really feel this time I&#x27;m going to do better than I did in the last two finals,&quot; added the 26-year-old.She is only the sixth woman to reach the finals of both stops on the American &#x27;Sunshine Swing&#x27; in the same season.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

World number one Aryna Sabalenka blasted her way into the final of the Miami Open with a convincing 6-2 6-2 demolition of Italy's Jasmine Paolini.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka blasted her way into the final of the Miami Open with a convincing 6-2 6-2 demolition of Italy's Jasmine Paolini.

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Tennis: Sabalenka blasts past Paolini into Miami final

Agence France-Presse

Published March 28, 2025 08:30 AM PHT

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