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Barty waits out rain to reach Miami final

Published 03/28/2019, 08:31 PM
Updated 03/28/2019, 08:35 PM
© Reuters. Tennis: Miami Open

(Reuters) - Australia's Ashleigh Barty had to endure three rain delays before she punched her ticket to the Miami Open final with a 6-3 6-3 win over Estonia's Anett Kontaveit on Thursday.

Barty will face either Romanian second seed Simona Halep or Czech fifth seed Karolina Pliskova in the final on Saturday.

The 12th-seeded Australian was forced to wait out an hour-long rain delay before her match and when it started she and 21st seed Kontaveit were only on the court for about five minutes before weather halted play again.

They returned about two-and-a-half hours later to play one more game and then headed back to the locker room for a third rain delay, this time for two hours.

© Reuters. Tennis: Miami Open

Barty finally secured the win with an ace on her second match point, six-and-a-half hours after the original scheduled start.

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