Sabalenka Into Quarters
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka stormed into the Miami Open quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Zheng Qinwen, 6-3, 6-4, extending a nine-match streak since the Australian Open final. (skysports.com)
The match lasted 1 hour 25 minutes; Sabalenka won 69 of 122 total points (56.6%), hit four aces to Zheng’s eight and committed one double fault to Zheng’s five. (wtatennis.com) The WTA noted Sabalenka has now beaten Zheng eight times in nine meetings, extending a one-sided rivalry. (wtatennis.com) Sabalenka’s quarter-final opponent will be Hailey Baptiste after Baptiste defeated Jelena Ostapenko to reach her first WTA 1000 quarter-final. (miamiopen.com) Baptiste arrives in Miami ranked in the mid-40s on the WTA list (around No.45), making her run one of the tournament’s surprise breakthroughs. (wtatennis.com) Sabalenka came into Miami fresh off an Indian Wells title won on March 17, 2026, a victory that the Australian Open site said reinforced her top-form going into the Sunshine Double stretch. (ausopen.com) She is playing as the tournament’s No.1 seed in Miami and enters the draw as the 2025 Miami Open champion. (wtatennis.com)
