The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova has never found Miami exactly to her liking, until now.
The second-seeded Pliskova reached the Miami Open semi-finals after beating 26th-seeded Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3 6-4.
It’s the first time 25-year-old Pliskova has made the last four at Key Biscayne.
Pliskova improved to 23-3 this year, the best record on the women’s tour.
“I’m really confident and enjoying every match,” said Pliskova, who took advantage of 10 double faults by Lucic-Baroni.
“It’s my best tennis that I’ve played this year, here in the Miami Open.”
Next up for Pliskova – who avenged a loss to Lucic-Baroni in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open – is Dane Caroline Wozniacki or fellow Czech Lucie Safarova.