Rybakina narrowly defeated Azarenka to reach the final of the tournament for the 18th time

In the early morning of March 29, WTA1000 Miami semi-finals, in a duel between Grand Slam champions, No. 4 seed Rybakina and No. 27 seed Azarenka met.

In the first set, Rybakina broke Azarenka's serve in the seventh game, and then she saved a break point to hold serve and take a 5-3 lead. In the 10th game, Rybakina successfully held serve in the love game and won the first set 6-4.

In the second set, Azarenka was on fire, scoring 16 points in a row in the match, allowing Rybakina to score only five points in the entire second set, and then sent the egg 6-0 to take the match to the deciding set.

In the deciding set, Rybakina broke Azarenka's serve in the fifth game, and in the 10th game, Rybakina broke the tiebreaker, and then both sides held one game each, and the match was dragged into a tie-break. In the tie-break, Rybakina led all the way and won the tie-break 7-2.

In a match that lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes, Rybakina narrowly defeated Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 to reach the final of the tournament for the second year in a row. This is Rybakina's fourth season and 18th career final, and she will next face the winner of Alexandrova and Corinth.