MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jasmine Paolini is headed to the Miami Open semifinals for the primary time.
The sixth-seeded Paolini defeated unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday, turning into the primary lady to make the event’s closing 4 this yr.
Paolini is the primary Italian lady to make the semifinals at Miami. There have been six situations of Italian ladies making the quarterfinals there, most not too long ago Martina Trevisan in 2023.
Paolini will face top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka within the semifinals. Sabalenka topped ninth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China 6-2, 7-5 of their quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening, capping a day the place rain postponed many matches by a number of hours.
The opposite aspect of the ladies’s bracket is about for quarterfinal matches Wednesday, with fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula of the U.S. taking up Britain’s Emma Raducanu, and second-seeded Iga Swiatek going through Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.
