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         Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff speak to the media                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will face off in the final of the 2026 Miami Open, and the duo have spoken ahead of the blockbuster clash.<\/p>\n<p>In the semi-finals on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Gauff<\/a> crushed Karolina Muchova 6-1, 6-1 before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> downed Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>World No 1 Sabalenka is the reigning Miami Open champion, and she is aiming to complete the Sunshine Double for the first time, having triumphed in Indian Wells earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff, who is ranked fourth, is chasing her maiden title at the Miami Open \u2014 which is her home WTA 1000 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the 13th meeting between the pair, and the head-to-head is tied at 6-6. Sabalenka won their previous encounter at the WTA Finals in November, while Gauff overcame the Belarusian in the 2025 French Open final.<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything Sabalenka and Gauff said about each other after their semi-final victories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauff: <\/strong>\u201cLast time we played I think was the WTA Finals, and I started that match off great and I think, at the end of the day, I just felt like I was entering that tournament maybe a little bit low on confidence and I didn\u2019t trust my shots in that moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yeah, we\u2019ve played so many matches, and it\u2019s physical when I play her. Every time, it\u2019s gonna be tough. And she\u2019s playing great tennis. She\u2019s definitely world No 1 for a reason, and it\u2019s gonna be a great challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Miami Open News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/coco-gauff-overtakes-iga-swiatek-wta-rankings-miami-open-2026\"><strong>How Coco Gauff reaching Miami Open final affects WTA Rankings as Iga Swiatek suffers blow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-karolina-muchova-miami-open-prize-money-ranking-points\"><strong>Elena Rybakina and Karolina Muchova\u2019s Miami Open prize money and ranking points revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabalenka: <\/strong>\u201cShe\u2019s a fighter, she\u2019s a great player. Of course, we played a lot of matches, a lot of tight matches, a lot of big finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s an incredible player and I\u2019m really excited to face her in the final. I think it\u2019s gonna be a great battle. I cannot wait to play that match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouldn\u2019t be a better final I feel like, and happy for her that she\u2019s finding her tennis back, and I\u2019m excited to play her on her \u2014 maybe not the best level right now \u2014 but her trying to get back on that best level. It\u2019s always a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what makes Gauff difficult to play against, Sabalenka said: \u201cWell, the rhythm is always different, and it\u2019s not like she\u2019s just forcing unforced errors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Coco, you know that you have to play an extra ball and the ball always comes back, sometimes not perfect, but it\u2019s always back on your side, and you have to be aggressive, you have to go for your shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe pushes you into the long rallies, and I think that\u2019s what makes her difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-rafael-nadal-academy-help-new-coach-plan\">Iga Swiatek set for Rafael Nadal linkup as her physio reveals \u2018plan\u2019 for new coach<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff said about each other before Miami Open final clash Ewan West 27 Mar 2026 11:00 AM Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff speak to the media Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will face off in the final of the 2026 Miami Open, and the duo have spoken ahead of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1850563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1850563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1850563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1850563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1850563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}