Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula, wins Miami Open

Miami Gardens, FLA. – Aryna sabalenka Entered the final of Miami open against the finals Jessica Pegula With 18 career titles on their elite CV.

The Miami Open Crown proved to be elusive until Saturday.

Seed No. 1 of Belarus knocked the fourth deployed American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 for its first Miami Open title in the finals of the 2024 US Open.

Sabalenka fired her deadly forehand and posted 22 winners on this wing to win the first $ 1.1 million prize. Sabalenko hit Backhand passing a shot at the match point, then raised both hands into the air and looked up at the sky.

“Thank God, the rain stopped,” Sabalenka said, praising the crowd after victory. “It was as if Miami was crying that I won this tournament. I liked playing here, every minute.”

Sabalenko, triple Grand Slam champion, won the US Open over Pegula, also in direct sets, 7-5, 7-5, but in 2025, Sabalenko’s final happiness occurred.

This year, 26 -year -old energy player reached the final of four out of six events, although he copied only one title in front of Miami (Brisbane). Sabalenka lost in the Australian Open and Indian Wells – an event preceded by Miami.

Sabalenka now lives in Miami, but Pegula had the crowd support. Pegula, a 31 -year -old Buffalo native, has lived in Boca Raton since he was 13 years old and has been the daughter of Terry Pegula, the owner of Buffalo Bills and Saber. The NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell participated because the meeting of the league owners are held on Monday in nearby Palm Beach.

“Congratulations to you, Aryně and your team,” Pegula told the course of the running trophy on the pitch. “Really, I really don’t want to like you now. But you know, you’re the best player in the world for some reason. And you and all are still pushing to improve.”

Neither player could hold in the first set. Sabalenka broke Pegula four times and won 7-5 and won the last eight points of the set.

Pegula was a 3-2 break, but could not hold it in Topsy-Turvy set, which also saw Pegula smashed Sabalenka’s serving three times.

In 5-5, Sabalenek held in love for 6-5 leadership, then broke Pegula in love after hit three direct winners-two on the net.

Sabalenek leads VS. Pegula 7-2 and won the last three meetings.

Men’s finals, first on the card, was stopped by rain in the second set of seed no. 1 Marcelo Arenalo/Mate Head No. 6 Julian Cash/Lloyd Glasspool 7-6, 3-2. 30-30. Arenalo/Pavic quickly closed the championship 7-6, 6-3, but the rain delay caused the women of women at 15:00 ET more than an hour to late.

Associated Press contributed to this report.