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The stage is set for a blockbuster Miami Open women’s singles final. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka and fourth seed Jessica Pegula will meet on Saturday, with two of the WTA’s best hard-court players battling for the WTA 1000 title. However, while the champion is yet to be crowned, there is already plenty to digest from…

Teenage sensation Alex Eala’s fairytale run at the 2025 Miami Open is over, and she will leave the tournament with huge boosts to her ranking and earnings. Eala pushed world No 4 Jessica Pegula hard in the semi-finals at the WTA 1000 event before ultimately falling 6-7(3), 7-5, 3-6 after two hours and 26 minutes. The…

It’s not often that a tennis player leaves the court as a winner after a disappointing three-set defeat, but that was the story for Emma Raducanu at the Miami Open. Roll the clock back to the start of March and Raducanu’s mind was not focused on runs to the latter stages of WTA 1000 tournaments…

Patrick Mouratoglou believes the true greats of tennis will always have the perfect mix of technical brilliance and an unshakable mental strength that gets them over the line when the pressure is at its peak. The former coach to tennis legend Serena Williams is uniquely placed to assess the importance of mental strength in tennis,…

Alex Eala pulled off one of the biggest shocks in tennis history with an astonishing 6-2, 7-5 win over world No 2 Iga Swiatek on Wednesday. The world No 140’s win over the five-time Grand Slam champion has sent shockwaves across the tennis world – and has seen Eala make a fair chunk of history.…

Novak Djokovic and Sebastian Korda’s quarter-final match at the Miami Open failed to materialise on Wednesday evening as organisers’ scheduling decision backfired. Five matches were set to take place on the showpiece Stadium Court at the Hard Rock Stadium on day nine of the joint ATP-WTA 1000 tournament in Florida. The Iga Swiatek-Alex Eala match…

Grigor Dimitrov pulled off a remarkable win against Francisco Cerundolo to seal his place in the Miami Open semi-finals, but the epic victory came at an alarming cost. Dimitrov saved a match point to secure a 150th match win at the ATP Masters 1000 level in a gruelling match that finally came to an end…

Iga Swiatek has identified the biggest reason for her shocking defeat to world No 140 Alex Eala in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Miami Open. The world No 2 was stunned 6-2, 7-5 by the inspired Eala, 19-year-old Filipino wildcard, after an hour and 39 minutes at the Hard Rock Stadium. Swiatek was broken in eight…

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s rivalry remains one of the most enduring in tennis history, with the two tennis greats helping to define an era of the men’s game. The Miami Open proved to be a key event for the development and legacy of the ‘Fedal’ rivalry, with the two meeting on four separate occasions…

Iga Swiatek was threatened and harassed during a practice before her third-round match at the Miami Open – calling in extra security for the rest of the event. The world No 1 was practising at the Miami Open before her match against Elise Mertens when the man started his tirade of abuse. In the video,…