They will be the Kazakh Elena Rybakina and the American Danielle Collins the finalists of the tournament WTA 1000 in Miami: in Florida number 4 in the world beats in three sets Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, while the landlady regulates the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
In the first semifinal the Kazakh Elena Rybakina eliminates the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4 0-6 7-6 (2) after two hours and 36 minutes of play. In the first set the Kazakh is good at saving 7 break points in three different games, and is cynical in taking the serve from her opponent in the only game in which the Belarusian gives her break points, and then goes on to close at 6-4 after 52 minutes. In the second half comes the peremptory 6-0 in 29 minutes by Azarenka with a partial of 24 points to 5, of which 16 were won in a row. In the decisive match the Belarusian suffers a break in the fifth game, Rybakina goes to serve for the match in the tenth game, but the counterbreak arrives: it goes to the tiebreak and the Kazakh dominates until the final 7-2 after 75 minutes which gives her the final .
In the second semi-final the American Danielle Collins defeats the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova with a score of 6-3 6-2 in one hour and 17 minutes. In the first set there is an exchange of breaks between the third and fourth game, then Collins finds the decisive break to gain the advantage in the sixth game. The American has the opportunity to close the score in the eighth game, but she wastes five set points in response, then, however, she holds serve at zero and wins 6-3 in 42 minutes. In the second match the American found the break at the start, she never gave her opponent the opportunity to return and finally won the last eight points played to achieve the final act with 6-2 in 35 minutes.
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