With an advantage of 3,071 points on IGA Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka has established itself as the number 1 of female tennis. This Saturday, he celebrated his first title in Miami after defeating the American Jessica Pegula in a final that ended at 7-5 and 6-2, achieving her eighth category trophy WTA 1000.
The game began with Sabalenka taking control from the beginning. He managed to break the pegula outrak and advanced 2-0. However, the place did not lower its arms and, with determination, achieved a momentary comeback, putting 3-2 above. In the second set, the Belarusian increased its level of play, with a rhythm that the American could not follow and took the set 6-2.
I could finally play my best tennis in the final “
Aryna Sabalenka has maintained its position as number 1 of the Ranking WTA for 31 weeks and is about to enter the Top-15 of the most weeks leaders leading the classification, having to overcome the German Angelique Kerber (34). Currently, there is 3,071 advantage points compared to IGA Swiatek (7,740).
After his victory in Miami, Sabalenka said: “I could finally play my best tennis in the final. I am very happy to have this beautiful trophy in my hands.” For his part, his rival, Jessica Pegula, said: “I did not want to lose another final, to be sincere. It is very hard to lose in the final.” The American added that she is beginning to be uncomfortable to face the Belarusian.
Sabalenka’s titles
The 26 -year -old tennis player, trained by Anton Dubrov, has accumulated a large number of titles in both individuals (17) and doubles (6). He began his professional career in 2015, debuting in the ITF circuit, and in 2017 he reached his first final in the WTA circuit in Tianjin, which catapulted it to Top 100.
In 2021, he raised two titles in Abu Dhabi and Madrid and reached the final of Stuttgart, which consolidated his promotion to the number 2 position of the world ranking. In 2022, it reached the WTA finals in Fort Worth, where it ended runner -up after falling against Caroline García. Along his way to the final, he surprised to defeat the first three players in the world: IgA Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula.
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In 2023 he reached his first Grand Slam title in the Open of Australia, where he beat Iiena Rybakina (4-6, 6-3, 6-4). He also reached his second final in the US Open, which was surpassed by Coco Gauff (6-2, 3-6, 2-6) and became the number one player of the WTA for the first time (11,000 points).
In 2024, Sabalenka achieved an outstanding year upon reaching seven finals. He won his first title in the US Open against Jessica Pegula (7-5, 7-5) and his second consecutive in the Open of Australia against Qinwen Zheng (6-3 and 6-2), along with the trophies obtained in Cincinnati and Wuhan. This success led her to recover the number 1 position of the WTA ranking.
This year 2025, he was a finalist in Australia’s Open against Madison Keys (3-6, 6-2, 5-7) and winner of Miami Open for the first time by defeating Jessica Pegula (7-5 and 6-2) again.
Individual titles
2025: Miami and Brisbane
2024: Wuhan, Us Open, Cincinnati and Australian Open
2023: Adelaide 1, Australian Open and Madrid
2021: Abu Dhabi and Madrid
2020: Doha, Ostrava and Linz
2019: Shenzhen, Wuhan and Zhuhai
2018: New Haven and Wuhan
Titles in doubles
2021: Australian Open (with Elise Mertens) and Berlin (with Victoria Azarenka)
2020: Ostrava (with mertens)
2019: Indian Wells, Miami and US Open (all with mertens)
2017: 125k taipéi (with Veronika Kudermetova)
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