Sabalenka and Rybakina Advance Smoothly to Miami Open Round of 16

World number one Arina Sabalenka and Elena Rîbakina moved into the last 16 at the Miami WTA 1000 event in Florida. The tournament carries total prize money of $9,415,725.

Sabalenka advances in straight sets

Sabalenka beat American Caty McNally 6-4, 6-2. The match lasted one hour and 26 minutes.

The Belarusian is the defending Miami champion. She arrived in Miami after winning the Indian Wells title.

Rîbakina reaches round of 16

Elena Rîbakina defeated Marta Kostiuk 6-3, 6-4. The Kazakh is 26 years old and ranked number two.

Rîbakina won the Australian Open this season and was a finalist at Indian Wells.

Context and next meetings

Both Sabalenka and Rîbakina advanced smoothly into the Miami Open round of 16. Sabalenka will face Qinwen Zheng next.

Zheng beat Madison Keys 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday. Sabalenka leads their head-to-head 7-1 from eight meetings.

Notable upsets and surprises

Two top-10 players left the draw in third-round action. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina were both eliminated.

Jelena Ostapenko beat Paolini 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Hailey Baptiste upset Svitolina 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles result

In women’s doubles, Romanians Sorana Cîrstea and Jaqueline Cristian lost in the first round. They fell 6-1, 7-5 to Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.

Third-round singles results (Miami Open, hard)

Filmogaz.com will follow the remaining matches and provide updates. The field now narrows toward the tournament’s later rounds.