Victoria Azarenka’s rival in the Miami semifinal will be German Angelique Kerber, the World No.3. She defeated American Madison Keys (World No.22) in the quarterfinals — 6:3, 6:2.
Azarenka defeated Johanna Konta (23) of Great Britain in the quarterfinals — 6:4, 6:2. The Belarusian went up to the World No.5 after that.
Victoria has only been defeated once this year – by Angelique Kerber.
Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and Swiss Timea Bacsinszky will play in the other semifinal match in Miami.
Victoria Azarenka defeated Johanna Konta in the quarterfinals. Photo: Getty Images
Angelique Kerber. Photo: Getty Images