​Sorana Kirstya and Aryna Sabalenko (the best player since 2023) will meet on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Miami. The game will start at 20:00 and will be broadcast in LiveBLOG format on HotNews.ro.

The match can be watched live on DigiSport 2.

Sorana Kirstya – Aryna Sabalenko, in the quarters at the Miami Open (from 20:00)

Kirstya and Sabalenko will play a duel for the first time in the WTA tournament.

The winner of this match will meet the winner of the match between Kateryna Alexandrova (18th favorite) and Petra Kvitova (15th) in the semifinals.

>> Sorana Kirstya speaks before a heated match in the WTA quarterfinals in Miami

Know:

• Qualifying in the quarters is the best result recorded in the career of Sorana Kirstea at the Miami Open.

• By advancing to the quarterfinals of the event in Florida, Sorana secured a prize of $184,465 and 215 points in the WTA ranking.

• A very good course from the tournament in Florida will help Sorana make a an important leap in the world hierarchy singles, our athlete is in WTA Live on 51st place – a jump of 23 positions.

• In the WTA 1000 competitions in which she participated this month (Indian Wells and Miami Open), Sorana Kirstya won 8 and lost only one (to the leader of the world ranking, Poland’s Iga Sviatek).

Sorana Kirstea, excellent performance at the Miami Open

Round I: 7-6(6), 6-2 against Fernanda Contreras Gomez (179 WTA)

Second round: 6-2, 6-3 vs Caroline Garcia (4 WTA / 5 favourite)

Round III: 7-5, 6-1 against Karolina Muchova (55 WTA)

Best result: 7-6(3), 6-4 against Marketa Vondrousova (103 WTA).

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.