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Gauff and Sabalenka set up Miami blockbuster final

By AAP Newswire

Mar 27, 2026

Coco Gauff has delivered a commanding 6-1 6-1 demolition of Karolina Muchova to book her place in the Miami Open ‌final, her sixth WTA 1000 final.

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A mouth-watering final with Aryna Sabalenka now awaits after the world No.1 dispatched of No.3 seed Elena Rybakina in straight sets.

American world No.4 Gauff made a slow start as Muchova broke immediately to take the opening game, but that proved to be the Czech's only moment of clarity.

Gauff ‌responded with a ‌break ⁠of her own to level and then reeled off the remaining games without dropping a single one, closing out the first set to love in ruthless fashion.

Muchova, 29, had been in fine form ⁠coming into the contest ‌having won the title in Doha earlier this season before defeating Victoria ‌Mboko - in a rematch of that Doha final - in the Miami quarter-finals.

But a flurry of unforced errors undid her in the second set, with Gauff breaking three times to complete a dominant victory ‌while extending her perfect head-to-head record to six wins against the Czech.

Sabalenka was too strong for Rybakina with the contest of two heavyweights ending in a 6-4 6-3 win.

The in-form Sabalenka hurled down nine aces and will not surprisingly start as favourite in Saturday's final.