(Ashleigh Barty & Bianca Andreescu)
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Patna : World No 1 & top seed Ashleigh Barty, 24, Australia, and World No 9 & 8th seed Bianca Andreescu, 20, Canada, will clash in the women’s singles final of Miami Open, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA, on April 3, 2021..
Barty, the 2019 champion, defeated 5th seed Elina Svitolina, 26, Ukraine, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in semi-finals in 89 minutes on April 2, 2021. The Australiian won 5 break points to 2 by Svitolina. Barty also won 3 games in a row in the match to 2 by Svitolina. The Australian, in all, won 73 points to 55 by Svitolina. Barty fired 7 Aces during the match ti 2 by Svitolina.
Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, battled past 23rd seed Maria Sakkari, 25, Greece, in a three-set thriller 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 in semi-finals on April 2, 2021, in 2hr 42 minutes. World No 25 Sakkari won 5 break points to 4 by the Canadian. Sakkari also won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Andreescu. The Greek, in all, won 113 points during the match to 109 by the Canadian, who won both the tiebreaks. Sakkari fired 3 Aces to 2 by the Canadian.