Timea Bacsinszky's lucky charm this week in Miami? Skiing champ Lara Gut, of course

Timea Bacsinszky talks about her three-set win over Agnieszka Radwanska to reach the quarterfinals at the Miami Open.

It's been a pretty good week for Timea Bacsinszky thus far. On Monday, she defeated world No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and just 24 hours later she topped No. 5 Simona Halep to advance to the semifinals at the Miami Open.
And through both victories, she had a good luck charm sitting in the stands. No, it wasn't a lucky penny or stuffed animal or anything like that. It was Lara Gut -- the top-ranked Alpine skier in the world and the winner of this year's season-long super-G title. After nabbing the crystal globe, the Swiss star headed to Miami for some downtime and contacted her fellow countrywoman to see if she could attend one of her matches.
According to WTA Insider, Bacsinszky said Gut reached out last week. "She wrote me on Friday like, 'Hey, it would be fun if I could come watch you in Miami,' so I knew she was coming to Miami anyway. It was actually a big thing in Switzerland; no one knew where she was, and I was reading Swiss news headlines that were asking, 'Where Has Lara Gone For Holidays?'"
Gut was initially planning on attending just one session, but as Bacsinszky was playing so well, she decided to keep coming. She was supposed to fly home on Monday but delayed her travels in order to attend Tuesday's quarterfinal match. While she can't be at Thursday's match against Svetlana Kuznetsova with a trip to the finals on the line, she'll obviously be cheering from afar -- and hoping her good luck vibes can cross an ocean