Sabalenka falls to Cirstea in Miami Open quarterfinal

Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka suffered a 4-6, 4-6 defeat from Romania's world number 74 Sorana Cirstea in the quarterfinal to complete her Miami Open run, BelTA has learned.

Sabalenka made six double faults.

For a place in the final, Cirstea will face either Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia or Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. The Miami Open semifinal has already been reached by Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and Jessica Pegula of the United States.