Category: Sabalenka

Cirstea Stuns Sabalenka to Reach Miami Open Semifinal

Unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea earned the biggest win of her career with a 6–4 6–4 victory over Australian Open champion and world number two Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday to reach the Miami Open semifinal. Cirstea, who has yet to drop a set in Miami and is the last unseeded player in the draw, delivered a…


Cirstea Stuns Sabalenka to Reach Miami Open Semi-Final

Unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea earned the biggest win of her career with a 6–4, 6–4 victory over Australian Open champion and world number two Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday, March 29, to reach the Miami Open semi-final. Cirstea, who has yet to drop a set in Miami and is the last unseeded player in the draw,…


Elena Rybakina Sweeps Aryna Sabalenka to Win Indian Wells Title

Tenth-seeded Elena Rybakina prevailed in a marathon tiebreak and went on to notch a 7–6 (11), 6–4 victory over second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday to win the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif. The Kazakh recorded seven aces while winning her fourth career title. The 2022 Wimbledon champion needed two hours, three minutes to…


Sabalenka Beats Rybakina for Australian Open Women’s Title

MELBOURNE, Australia—The serves were big. So big. Other shots, too. The points were over quickly. So quickly: Seven of the first 13 were aces. And so it was immediately apparent in the Australian Open women’s final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that the one who could manage to keep her serve in line, get…