Defending champion John Isner progressed to the final of the Miami Open ©Getty Images

Defending champion John Isner of the United States will meet Roger Federer in the final of the Miami Open.

Isner narrowly defeated Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6, 7-6 in the semi-final of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 event at Hard Rock Stadium.

"I said before the tournament that chances are I'm not going to defend it, because I have only won one of these in my whole career," Isner said. 

"But now I'm one match away, hopefully, I can eat those words. 

"I have been doing it so far."

At 18 years old, it was Auger-Aliassime's first Masters semi-final. 

Switzerland's Roger Federer beat Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the semi-final of the Miami Open ©Getty Images
Switzerland's Roger Federer beat Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the semi-final of the Miami Open ©Getty Images

"I just felt like, I don't know, the nerves got to me a little," Auger-Aliassime said. 

"I wasn't able to do like all the other matches and focus on what I had to do, and it really got to me too hard."

Swiss Federer made it to his fifth Miami Open final following a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Canada's Denis Shapovalov.

Federer has now reached back-to-back ATP Masters 1000 finals, having lost to Austria's Dominic Thiem at Indian Wells. 

The action in Miami continues tomorrow with the women's final between Australia's Ashleigh Barty and Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic.

The men's final will take place on Sunday (March 31).