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Coco Gauff was beaten in the semi-finals of Indian Wells on Friday after a rain-delayed, three-set battle against Maria Sakkari.

Sakkari outlasted the American 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 after blowing three match points in the second to reach the BNP Paribas Open final.

She will now play top-ranked Iga Swiatek in Sunday's final after she routed Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-1 to improve to 19-2 this year, with her match wins leading the WTA Tour.

Swiatek has beaten Sakkari in three of their five meetings.

There were delays of 20 minutes and two hours during the semi-final between third-seeded Gauff and ninth-seeded Sakkari.