Djokovic beats Corda to enter the semifinals to enter the seventh Miami title
Miami Gardens, Florida – Novak Djokovic found a higher gear at the start of 2025.
Djokovic, who shot for his seventh Miami Open Championship, sent U.S. Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the quarterfinals within an hour Thursday, 24 minutes in the quarterfinals, which began Wednesday night as Jessica Pegula Pegula and Emma Raducanu and Emma Raducanu Ran opposed the new rules and made them at a new midnight in the quarterfinals between 11 o’clock and Emma Raducanu Ran.
Djokovic advanced to Friday’s semi-finals and will face Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov. Djokovic 12-1 against 33-year-old Dimitrov, who reached the finals in 2024.
Djokovic won the championship formerly in Key Biscayne and he will win his 100th professional title.
After the game, Djokovic told the Tennis Channel: “Overall, I’ve been doing well all week.”
Despite his face against the U.S. rivals, his hard rock fans cheered the 37-year-old and shouted his name, Djokovic lowered the second set 4-1 in the second set to win with a tiebreaker.
He served as ace at the match point and had a first-time service rate of 83 with the No. 24 seed Korda. After the victory, the 37-year-old Serbian yelled and stabbed the racket like a violin.
The male leader of the men’s Grand Slam champion was out of place at the age of 24 this year, and retired from the Australian Open in January. Earlier this month, Djokovic lost his first game in this “Sunshine Doubles” in Indiana Wells, defeating Botic Van de Zandschulp.
Korda is the son of Grand Slam champion Petr Korda, who grew up in Bradenton, Florida, and Tennis Academies beat Stefanos Tsitsipas’ top 10 opponents earlier in the game and played at a flawed level in the game to take a 4-1 lead in the second set lead before Djokovic found his phenomenon game.
In the first women’s semifinals, No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka made her first Miami Open final by defeating the sixth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-2 in 71 minutes.
2024 French Open finalist Paulini spent some afternoons smiling in a Faft shot in Sabalenka, saying “What day.”
Belarus’ Sabalenka effectively converted four of her five breakout points into 31 winners with only 12 unmandatory mistakes.
When Paolini tried to make a comeback in the second set, ending 4-2 and improving the double breakpoint 15-40, Sabalenka hit three open court champions and an ace to finish the game.
Paolini can’t match Sabalenka’s talent in her best performance at the Miami Open. So far, the Belarusians have not given up on one.
“I think I’m very focused and everything goes well,” Sabalenka said.
Sabalenka will face the winners of the semi-finals of Jessica Pegula and Philippine teen Alexandra Eala on Thursday night.
Asked whether she was watching the game or going out in Miami, where she now lives, Sabalenka said: “I usually go for supper, but other than that, it’s actually always on TV.
In the first men’s quarterfinal of the day, unseeded teenager Jakub Mensik defeated Arthur Fils 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 6-1. The 19-year-old Mensik advanced to his first semifinal in the ATP 1000 rating.
The Czech Republic’s Mensik screamed the finale and then led 4-0 in the second set, beating the 20-year-old Frenchman. Mensik, ranked 54, finished the race in 75 minutes with 13 ACEs and a cross country champion.
Mensik will face the winner of the Taylor Fritz-Matteo Berrettini quarterfinals Thursday night.
