World No. 1 Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 10,000 WTA ranking points. She elevated her score to 10,191 points at the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, USA. This achievement comes after her convincing victory over Italian Jasmine Paolini in the semi-finals, with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
This accomplishment marks Sabalenka as only the eighth female tennis player since 2009, the year the modern ranking system was introduced, to break the 10,000-point barrier. The other seven players who have achieved this feat are Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki, Ashleigh Barty, and Iga Swiatek.
In the highly anticipated final, 26-year-old Sabalenka will compete for the championship title against the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala of the Philippines. Their match is scheduled to take place on the night of March 27-28.
