(September 4, 2024) FLUSHING, NY – In Jessica Pegula’s case, the seventh time is the charm. The No. 6 seed stunned No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday night to reach the semifinals of a major tournament for the first time ever on her seventh try.
“Thank god I was able to do it, and finally…finally! I can say semifinalist,” she said, in her on-court interview. “To do it primetime, in Ashe, against the No. 1 player in the world, it’s crazy. But I knew I could do it, I just had to go out and execute my game.”
She’ll be facing unseeded Karolina Muchova for a place in the finals next.
“She’s so good, so talented, so athletic, I love how she just doesn’t play [due to injury] and just comes out and beats everybody,” Pegula said of the Czech “She’s a really good player. I know she has a lot of experience going deep in Slams as well, so I’m going to have to bring my tennis. I’ll worry about that, maybe when I wake up in the morning.”
With Emma Navarro, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz all winning, it marks the first time since 2003 that two US women and two US men have reached the US Open final four.
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