Gauff overwhelmed Muchova, will play her first final at the Miami Open and return to No. 3 in the ranking

ByDavid Mitchell
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The WTA 1000 in Miami has its first finalist: Coco Gauff (4th in the WTA ranking). The 22-year-old American played a brilliant semi-final, easily dispatching Karolina Muchova (14th) 6-1 and 6-1 and advanced for the first time to the definition of the contest.

The curious thing about the meeting is that it began with break in favor of the Czechbut from there came a gale of Gauff. Using his best shots and the repeated unforced errors of his opponent, chained a streak of 10 games in a rowgenerating an advantage that was impossible for the former No. 8 on the planet to overcome.

With this victory, the owner of two Grand Slam titles extended her undefeated record over Muchova to six wins and will once again be among the three best players in the world, displacing Iga Swiatek of said position. In addition, the Atlanta native was on the verge of the best ranking of her career, only behind Aryna Sabalenka (1st) and Elena Rybakina (2nd).

And precisely the first two players in the classification They will cheer on the second semifinal of the contest in La Florida, looking for a place in the final against Gauff.

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David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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