The Czech Republic’s world No.3 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 Caroline Wozniacki.

The former world No.1 Dane has beaten Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4 6-3 to progress to the final four.

Wozniacki has been in fine form since reaching the semi-finals of the US Open last year and has reached two finals this year, in Doha and Dubai.