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Aryna Sabalenka won the Miami Open title for the first time
Miami Open: Aryna Sabalenka has now won 8 WTA 1000 singles titles in her career. With this, she has equaled Maria Sharapova's total titles.
Aryna Sabalenka won her first Miami Open title by defeating American Jessica Pegula in the final. In a repeat of the US Open final last year, despite her valiant service being broken three times in the first set, Sabalenka, the world No. 1 player, kept her cool and got the decisive break at 5-6 to win 7-5, 6-2 in 1 hour 28 minutes against the fourth-ranked Pegula and lift her first Miami Open Masters 1000 title.
It was a big win for Sabalenka, who had suffered narrow defeats in her previous two finals at the Australian Open (to Madison Keys) and Indian Wells (to Mira Andreeva). Aryna Sabalenka said, “Finally, I was able to play my best tennis in the final and I am very happy with the result and performance. Very happy to hold this beautiful (Crystal Buch Buchholz) trophy.
“Honestly before going into this match, my mindset was that no matter what happens, if she is going to break me then my mindset was to stay there, focus on myself, and fight for every point, no matter what.
