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, changing into the primary lady to make the event’s remaining 4 this yr.
Paolini is the primary Italian lady to make the semifinals at Miami. There have been six situations of Italian girls making the quarterfinals there, most lately 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 night time, 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 over Britain’s Emma Raducanu, and second-seeded Iga Swiatek dealing with Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.
