{"id":210621,"date":"2026-03-29T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:07:12","slug":"miami-open-win-puts-aryna-sabalenka-within-reach-of-serena-williams-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210621\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Open win puts Aryna Sabalenka within reach of Serena Williams record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aryna Sabalenka has placed herself among tennis royalty after her Miami Open triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The world number one defeated Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in a tense final to secure back-to-back titles at the tournament. It was a performance built on composure and power.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka held firm in the deciding set, avoiding the lapses that had previously cost her in similar matches against Gauff.<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka joins elite WTA 1000 company<img alt=\"Photo by Rich Storry\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/38a39160051dfd0d009b3bdcfa10bbf5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Rich Storry\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Her success in the Miami Open highlights her consistency at the highest level, adding another milestone to an already remarkable run.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka\u2019s victory over Gauff delivered her 11th WTA 1000 crown, placing her alongside Swiatek in joint-third on the all-time winners list since the format began in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Only Serena Williams remains ahead with 13, but the Belarusian star\u2019s age and current form suggest that record is within reach.<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka completes rare Sunshine Double feat<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka also became just the fifth woman to complete the Sunshine Double.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Her Indian Wells and Miami Open titles put her name in an exclusive list alongside Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek.<\/p>\n<p>Graf achieved it in 1994 and 1996, Clijsters in 2005, Azarenka in 2016, and Swiatek in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka\u2019s run was particularly dominant, dropping only two sets across 12 matches during the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is no longer chasing greatness, she is steadily securing her place among the sport\u2019s all-time elite.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka has placed herself among tennis royalty after her Miami Open triumph. The world number one defeated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[93119,93162,4375,96422,123,125,124,89755,91056],"class_list":["post-210621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-coco-gauff","tag-getty-images","tag-kim-clijsters","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-open","tag-steffi-graf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}