Imperious Jannik Sinner crushes Frances Tiafoe to move into Miami Open semi-finals

[p]The world number two from Italy, a four-time Grand Slam champion, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=pKaE2dj4"]cruised over the 19th-seeded American in one hour and 11 minutes[/a] at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Sinner[/a], hoping to complete a "Sunshine Double" with March titles at Miami and Indian Wells, stretched his ATP Masters 1000 set win streak to 30, having not dropped a set at the level since last October in Shanghai.[/p][p]Sinner advanced to a semi-final against the winner of a later match between world number four [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Alexander Zverev[/a] of Germany and 19th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-francisco/lWQ3G6gB/"]Francisco Cerundolo[/a] of Argentina.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Tiafoe[/a] netted a backhand to surrender a break to Sinner in the opening game of the match, and the American swatted a forehand long in the fifth game to hand Sinner a 4-1 edge. The Italian held twice to take the set in 31 minutes, Sinner losing only four points on his serve in the set.[/p][embed guid="d7a630d7-8d42-4dff-a6f3-0f95b1b8f8b3" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2037235707144442103" social-type="twitter" /][p]In the second set, Tiafoe saved a break point and held serve in the opening game but Sinner broke in the third for a 2-1 lead when the American netted a forehand.[/p][p]Sinner broke again, this time at love for a 5-2 lead when Tiafoe smacked a forehand wide, and held to take the match, improving to 5-1 all-time against Tiafoe.[/p][p]Sinner fired 33 winners against 15 unforced errors.[/p][p]In the later women's semi-finals, world number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] of Belarus faces second-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a] of Kazakhstan, and US fourth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] meets Czech 13th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Carolina Muchova[/a].[/p][p]Rybakina beat Sabalenka in January's Australian Open final, and their rematch will be the first time outside the WTA Finals that the world's two top-ranked players meet before a final since Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna in the 1998 US Open semifinals.[/p][p]Defending champion Sabalenka hopes to complete the "Sunshine Double" with March titles at Miami and Indian Wells, where she defeated Rybakina in the final.[/p][p]Sabalenka leads Rybakina 9-7 in their all-time rivalry.[/p][p]Rybakina, who seeks her 100th match victory at the Masters 1000 level, was the Miami runner-up in 2023 and 2024 but has yet to lift the trophy.[/p][embed guid="54427dff-b555-4026-8af9-92504f853341" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2036976515989025135" social-type="twitter" /][p]Gauff is 5-0 in career meetings with Muchova, most recently winning in the round of 16 at the Australian Open.[/p][p]Gauff, the reigning French Open champion and 2023 US Open winner, seeks her sixth WTA Masters 1000 final and at 22 would be the third-youngest to achieve the feat behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wozniacki-caroline/SjM2LLB8/"]Caroline Wozniacki[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a].[/p][p]Muchova, the 2023 French Open runner-up, seeks her eighth career WTA final and third title after 2019 in Seoul and last month in Qatar.[/p]