After winning her first doubles title in eight years, with Zheng Saisai in Acapulco in early March, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka continues to find success in Mexico, overcoming top seed Angelique Kerber in 6-4 4-6 6-1 at the Monterrey Open to reach her first final since giving birth in December 2016.
The fifth-seeded Azarenka was nearly a double break down in the first set, but won the final four games to take it 6-4. In the second set she was again down, as Kerber had a 5-2 lead, and even though Azarenka saved a set point and was close to leveling to 5-all, the German three-time Grand Slam champion took the match to a decider.