Andreeva beats Baptiste to reach first Madrid final

Andreeva beats Baptiste to reach first Madrid finalImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mirra Andreeva, who turned 19 years old on Wednesday, won her previous two WTA 1000 finals, in Dubai and Indian Wells last yearByMike PeterBBC Sport journalistPublished9 minutes agoTeenager Mirra Andreeva reached her first Madrid Open final with a 6-4 7-6 (10-8) victory over Hailey Baptiste.The 19-year-old Russian will face 26th seed Marta Kostyuk in Saturday's final, after the Ukrainian beat Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2 1-6 6-1.Ninth seed Andreeva has won all bar one of her 13 clay-court matches this season, taking the title in Linz and reaching the semi-finals in Stuttgart, and becomes the first teenager to reach three WTA 1000 finals.After taking the first set against the 30th seed, Andreeva served for the match at 5-4, but was broken by Baptiste who then took the second set to a tiebreak.The 24-year-old American, who defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the previous round, saved three set points before Andreeva completed her win."Honestly, I feel so much adrenaline inside. I feel like I'm still nervous. I'm just so happy that I won and that I was able to save all those set points," said Andreeva, who has become the second-youngest finalist in the tournament's history, behind Caroline Wozniacki."The serve helped me a lot. I'm so, so happy - I cannot really find ways to describe what I'm feeling right now," added Andreeva.Kostyuk advanced to her first WTA 1000 final in an error-strewn match against lucky loser Potapova, winning the first set with two breaks but losing the second in 30 minutes.The 23-year-old raced to a 4-0 lead in the decider and refused to shake the hand of her Russian-born opponent after closing the match out.In the men's tournament, defending champion Casper Ruud was beaten in the quarter-finals by Belgian Alexander Blockx, 6-4 6-4.Unseeded Blockx, who only broke into the top 100 for...