Naomi Osaka
On March 31, local time, the WTA Miami women's singles final lineup was released, and four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka defeated the 22nd seed Bencic with a 4-6/6-3/6-4 reversal to reach the WTA 1000 final for the fourth time in her career and will compete with the 2nd seed Svatek.
Naomi Osaka reached the women's singles semifinals in Miami with a set of no losses, and then ushered in a bitter battle in the semifinals. Naomi Osaka and Bencic have met three times before in 2019, with the Swiss winning all, including two victories at Indian Wells and the US Open that ended Naomi Osaka's defending title.
Naomi Osaka said after the match: "Actually, I am very happy that I have experienced such a hard battle, because it has taught me a lot from it, and I have a great gain in this game today. ”
Swataker
Naomi Osaka's opponent in the final will be the quasi-world number one Swatek, which can be said to be a contest between the two queens. Swataker beat homegrown pegura 6-2, 7-5 in the semi-finals to reach the final in three consecutive WTA 1000-class tournaments, winning 16 straight.
Swatak and Naomi Osaka had only met once in Toronto in 2019, when Naomi Osaka won in two sets before Swatak had yet to become a Grand Slam champion. If Swatek can achieve "revenge" in this final, she will become the fourth female player in history to win the Sunshine Double, the first three being Graf (1994, 1996), Christers (2005) and Azarenka (2016).
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)