MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Aryna Sabalenka is simply too good to keep losing finals. Sabalenka, the world No.
1, beat Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in a topsy-turvy Miami Open final in which she managed to play the biggest points just a little bit better than Pegula, an American playing just down the road from her South Florida home. Advertisement Then again, Sabalenka makes her home here as well, and for 12 days, she mostly played like a woman who was sleeping in her own bed each night. That said, Saturday afternoon’s rain-delayed final was hardly straightforward.
Both women struggled to hold their serves throughout the first set, but not because either of them was serving so poorly. Rather, both Sabalenka and Pegula possess killer returns and the ability to get on the front foot on any serve that they can take a decent cut at. THE MOMENT 🤩 @SabalenkaA | @WTA pic.
twitter.com/e8XqaG5oEL — Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 29, 2025 Sabalenka took plenty of those, just as she did on the other occasions when she met Pegula on a big stage. The two have faced each other in three of the past four big American tournaments.
Pegula has probably had just about enough of it. Sabaklenka beat her in the Cincinnati final last August. Then she beat her three weeks later in the U.
S. Open final. Then came Saturday’s final.
Same opponent. Same type of courts. The same home crowd urging her on.
Same result. The sets have been mostly tight, but Sabalenka has won all of them. Saturday’s win also en.
