Pliskova powers into Miami semifinals

The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova has never found Miami exactly to her liking, until now.

The second-seeded Pliskova reached the Miami Open semifinals 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.

.@KaPliskova is first through to the @MiamiOpen Semifinals!

Skips past Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-4! pic.twitter.com/XybPo6IfNJ

— WTA (@WTA) March 28, 2017

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.”

"I'm enjoying my tennis this year, I'm winning almost every match!" –@KaPliskova #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/vFoW2vcPoa

— WTA (@WTA) March 28, 2017

Next up for Pliskova – who avenged a loss to Lucic-Baroni in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open – is Dane Caroline Wozniacki or fellow Czech Lucie Safarova.