Petra Kvitova is in the final of the WTA 1000 Miami Open

Petra Kvitova is in the final of the WTA 1000 Miami Open. The Czech tennis player defeated Sorana Cirstea (Romania) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:4) in a match that lasted 1:43 hours. Thus, she will face Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) for the title of the Masters’ tournament with a prize pool of 8.8 million USD.

Sorana Cirstea started the match perfectly with a break in the sixth game, which brought her an advance of 4:2. Petra Kvitova needed to save two set points in the first set after Sorana Cirstea served for it at a result of 5:3. However, the Czech player succeeded to save the set points and to break the serve of her opponent. After three consecutive games in her favor, Petra Kvitova closed the set at 7:5.

In the second set, Petra Kvitova took an early lead with a break in the first game already. This proved to be enough for her to win the set without allowing any break in it.

Thus, Petra Kvitova won by 2-0 and reached the final of the WTA 1000 Miami Open, where she will face Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), who is in a series of 11 consecutive wins and at the beginning of March won WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open.

Petra Kvitová is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014. She has a total of 29 career singles titles.