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File Image: Aryna Sabalenka.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka has become only the fifth female tennis player to complete the Sunshine Double. Sabalenka beat fourth seeded American Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the women’s final to successfully defend her Miami Open title.
Sabalenka beats Gauff in Miami tennis final, completes ‘Sunshine Double’
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She also bagged the Indian Wells crown earlier this month. She joins an elite group featuring Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, Steffi Graf and Iga Swiatek, as the only women to have completed the Sunshine Double.
She has also won 23 of her 24 matches so far this season, her only loss coming in the Australian Open final against Elena Rybakina. Despite losing, Gauff will move above Swiatek to third, when the world rankings are updated on Monday.
