The best performance of 2025 is not enough for Azzurra to play with the number one in the world on the concrete of Florida: it ends 6-2 6-2 in an hour and 11 minutes
The best Jasmine Paolini of 2025 is not enough to stop Aryna Sabalenka’s race. The Belarusian number 1 in the world, one meter and 82 of pure power, has exceeded the Italian number 1 in two sets, closing with a score, 6-2 6-2, which does not fully reflect Paolini’s performance.
Paolini
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The blue, which from Monday will be number 6 again in the world thanks to the semifinal reached in Florida, can still return to smile. The physical problems that had stopped it at the beginning of the season, with the distortion to the right ankle remedied in Dubai when he defended the title, is now a memory and Jasmine can think of the season on Earth that last year gave her great joys both in singular and double. Many points to defend, especially the Slam final at Roland Garros, but the awareness that his tennis is still there.
Sabalenka
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Sabalenka, who for the first time reaches the final of the WTA 1000 of Miami, in Florida boasted only two appearances in the quarterfinals, in 2021 (beaten by Barty) and in 2023 (stopped by Cirstea). For Sabalenka now the wait begins to know who his rival will be for the title between the surprise of the tournament, the Filipino Alex Eala, who grew up at the Nadal Academy and capable of eliminating Swiatek, and Jessica Peguula.
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