Sorana Cirstea of Romania plays a backhand against Aryna Sabalenka in their quarterfinal match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. World number two Sabalenka suffered a shock straight sets loss to resurgent Cirstea, who reached her first WTA 1000 semi-final in a decade. Cirstea, ranked 74th in the world, triumphed 6-4, 6-4 against the Australian Open champion to secure her first WTA 1000 semi-final since Toronto in 2013.