Jannik Sinner continued his push for a Sunshine Double by defeating Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 6-2 to reach the Miami Open semifinals. The No. 2 seed moved through the match on Stadium Court in one hour and 10 minutes, conceding few opportunities as he advanced to the last four.

Sinner has now won 30 consecutive sets at Masters 1000 events, having bettered Novak Djokovic’s previous record of 24 in the third round. The Italian arrived at Hard Rock Stadium off the back of his BNP Paribas Open title in Indian Wells and was competing for a second Miami trophy after an excellent March run.

The momentum shifted further in Sinner’s favor when world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz exited in the third round to Sebastian Korda, leaving Sinner as the tournament favorite. On his way to the quarterfinals, Sinner beat No. 30 seed Corentin Moutet and Alex Michelsen in straight sets to set up a sixth career meeting with Tiafoe.

Tiafoe, a former Top 10 player, earned his first win over Sinner in 2021 in Vienna and had produced a key victory at this tournament when he dethroned defending champion Jakub Mensik in the third round, toppling the No. 12 seed in a third-set tiebreaker. He followed that with another three-set win over Terence Atmane to reach this stage.

Against Sinner, Tiafoe found himself under pressure early, losing serve in the match’s opening game. He struggled to trouble Sinner’s serve and did not take the Italian to deuce until he trailed by a set and a break. Sinner held his serve, added an insurance break and moved to serve for the semifinal berth.

Sinner surged to triple match point with a well-struck backhand and converted the first to close out the victory, reaching the semifinals in just over an hour.

Aryna Sabalenka said she expects further improvement even as her Miami run carries momentum into the semifinals. “I always leave a gap for improvement,” she told Prakash Amritraj after beating American Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. “There were a few things that didn’t work the way I wanted them to work, but overall, I’m super happy.”

The world No. 1 arrives at the business end of the Miami Open on a 10-match winning streak, bidding to complete the Sunshine Double after her title in Indian Wells. Sabalenka has won four matches at this event without dropping a set and is chasing a rare consecutive Indian Wells and Miami double. She can become the second woman this decade, after Iga Swiatek in 2022, and the fifth player overall to claim both events back-to-back.

Sabalenka stressed the importance of routine as the tournament reaches its final rounds. “I feel like it’s really important to keep the same routine, not really pay attention to the rounds,” she continued. “Just take it one step at a time, it doesn’t matter if it’s the first round, if it’s the final, I think that’s important. I feel like if you start changing your routine, at the end of the tournament, this is where you shift your focus and you give too much attention to this.”

Her next opponent is Elena Rybakina, with the pair set to meet in the semifinals on Thursday night for the 17th time overall and the third time in the first three months of 2026. Reflecting on her dramatic, championship-point saving victory over Rybakina in the Indian Wells final 10 days ago, Sabalenka admitted she got “a little lucky” and said she welcomes the challenge posed by the newly-minted world No. 2. “When someone pushes you to the limit, this is the moment where you grow, where you become a better player, where you test your level and your strength,” she said. “I absolutely love it.”

Elena Rybakina recovered from a first-set loss to beat Jessica Pegula 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the Miami Open semifinals. The third seed completed the comeback in two hours and 15 minutes at Hard Rock Stadium, recording a fourth straight victory over the No. 5 seed.

The win sets up a possible rematch with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who was scheduled to play her quarterfinal Wednesday evening against Hailey Baptiste. Rybakina’s progression marks her third WTA semifinal of the 2026 season.

Rybakina arrived in Miami off a runner-up finish at the BNP Paribas Open, where she came within a point of defeating Sabalenka. That narrow loss did not halt momentum that began at the end of last season when she captured the WTA Finals title in Riyadh. She reached the Miami quarterfinals without dropping a set.

Pegula, the American home favorite, had been a familiar opponent. She fell in straight sets to Rybakina last week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and had also lost to her in Riyadh and in the Australian Open semifinals. The Miami quarterfinal opened badly for Pegula, who raced to a 4-0 lead and closed out the first set 6-2.

The match shifted early in the second set when Pegula held three break points in the fifth game but could not convert. Rybakina then won seven of the next eight games to level the match and earned a 2-0 lead in the decider.

The third set was tightly contested. Pegula saved three break points in the fifth game and pressed again on Rybakina’s serve, but Rybakina answered, saving a break point of her own and finishing the match on a match point created by a strong serve-forehand combination. Her final point came on a service winner, sealing the comeback and a place in the semifinals.