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 girl to make the event’s last 4 this yr.
Paolini is the primary Italian girl to make the semifinals at Miami. There have been six situations of Italian girls making the quarterfinals there, most not too long ago Martina Trevisan in 2023.
Paolini will face both top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka or ninth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China within the semifinals. The Sabalenka-Zheng quarterfinal was scheduled for later Tuesday evening, after rain postponed most of the day’s 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 Radacanu, and second-seeded Iga Swiatek going through Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.