Jessica Pegula of the United States returns a shot during her 6-2, 6-4 win over Iga Swiatek of Poland in the women's singles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open on Wednesday night in New York.
American Jessica Pegula managed to shrug off that sluggish start and come back from a set and a break down to defeat Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 for a berth in the final at Flushing Meadows. The No. 6-seeded Pegula, a 30-year-old from New York, has won 15 of her past 16 matches and will meet No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for the title on Saturday.Jessica Pegula of the United States is shown in this image from Wednesday's action at the U.S. Open.
Sabalenka, last year's runner-up to Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open, returned to the championship match by holding off a late push to beat No. 13 Emma Navarro of the United States 6-3, 7-6 . After grabbing eight of the first nine games, Muchova was a single point from leading 3-0 in the second set. But she couldn't convert a break chance there, flubbing a forehand volley off a slice from Pegula, and everything changed.
Took Pegula a while to play that well Thursday, but once she got going, whoa, did she ever. All told, she collected nine of 11 games, a span that allowed her to not merely flip the second set but race to a 3-0 edge in the third. And all the while, the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was flat at the beginning — save for the occasional cry of "Come on, Jess!" — was roaring.
Using her usual brand of high-risk, high-reward tennis, Sabalenka produced 34 winners and 34 unforced errors — punctuating most of her groundstrokes with a yell — and, in a fitting bit of symmetry, Navarro had 13 winners and 13 unforced errors.
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