Florida (USA), March 24 -- World number one Aryna Sabalenka made swift work of her Miami Open match against Zheng Qinwen to cruise into the quarter finals.
The reigning champion took just an hour and 25 minutes to beat her Chinese opponent 6-3 6-4.
Sabalenka, 27, has won the US Open in each of the past two years and looks in serene form. She will face Hailey Baptiste in the last eight after the American defeated Latvian Jelena Ostapenko - also by a 6-3 6-4 margin, according to BBC sport.
Fourth seed Coco Gauff also reached the quarter-finals with a hard-fought 6-3 4-6 6-2 win over Sorana Cirstea of Romania.
The 22-year-old American served six double faults and was broken five times in a sketchy display, but she had enough to win through...