Sabalenka and Zheng to Meet in Miami Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal matchups for the WTA 1000 in Miami are starting to take shape as the seventh day of competition unfolds in Florida.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka faced her first real test of the tournament against defending champion Danielle Collins. As in their six previous encounters, the Belarusian emerged victorious without much trouble (6-4, 6-4).

With less than three hours spent on the Hard Rock Stadium court, Sabalenka will now face one of her favorite opponents in the quarterfinals: Qinwen Zheng.

The Chinese player, who appears to be regaining form after a quarterfinal run in Indian Wells, comfortably defeated Ashlyn Krueger (6-2, 7-6) on the Butch Buchholz court.

Now, she will need to find the necessary resources to take down the world No. 1, against whom she has never won in their five previous meetings.