By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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New York-In the wrong day from the sun, a perfect storm hit Arthur Ase Stadium.
Jessica Pegula was dynamic and Barbora Krekikova weakened.
Operating on the opposite ends of the physical spectrum, Pegula hit a 6-3, 6-3 win changing to her second direct semifinal of the US Straight.
A masterful Pegula has been ruthlessly torn through the draw. Ten groups up and down is placed down.
Pegula has only allowed 23 matches in five direct tournaments to reach her sixth semifinals-first since she could IgA swiatek To win the bad homburg crown in the bar in June.
“I thought I was playing a really strong match. I thought I left, or started really hot and the kind I was able to keep the momentum, even with a couple, you know, the shifts there in both groups, but I felt like I didn’t let it be very comfortable today,” Pegula said. “I thought I started playing pretty aggressive, making it move a lot, and just a kind of pressure of its service too. You know, fortunately was able to execute it throughout the match.”
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2024 Open finalist Pegula will face or face World no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka In a match of Flushing’s final final of 2024 or 2023 Wimbledon Marketapoutova market For a place in the Saturday final at 4am.
“I think it would be good to be able to retaliate, obviously,” Pegula said about the prospect of confronting sabalenka again. “I didn’t even remember the result. I think I saw, like, 5-5 last year? I didn’t even think-I didn’t remember it was so close, which was a funny kind, because I think I was like, like, we have to be in a third set now.
“I was, like, didn’t serve well. I could have done better.”
Touching on “Crazy” ASHE Stadium Energy has promoted the second direct direction of Pegula openly.
Today, Pegula converted five of the nine rest points by reaching 4-1 directions in both groups.
“I feel I’m really comfortable,” Pegula. “Crazy crazy to look. I’m glad to play in the best court in the world with the most crazy crowd against the best players. Something something 10 years ago, I never thought I would be good at this and I think I’m.”
Drained by her heroic 1-6, 7-6 (13), 6-3 wins against Taylor Townsend on Sunday to see her rescue eight points of match in a three-hour epic, a four-minute victory, Krycikova lacked the strength of the foot to keep the rhythm with Pegula at the beginning today.
The fourth-range pegula came out running the ball, exploding deep into the 4-1 lead.
As the set was progressing, Krycikova began to reduce its first service with more frequency.
The big champion twice broke for 3-4. Serving at the level, Krycika coughs with her third double guilt to face the resting point.
Driven by a strange Pegula return, Krycikova hit a preface in the net while Pegula broke for 5-3.
Serving for the band, Pegula withdrew wide czechekina with a sharp preface sung for 30.
“Continue to move those legs,” coach Mark Knowles prompted his charge.
Pegula has bent a foreword to the intersection for the set point, then drained a navigated foreword to grab a lead with a set after 40 minutes.
It was nine consecutive Pegula wins in this US Open, allowing only 20 total games in those nine groups.
The 31-year-old Pegula owned a 17-1 record when she won the first set in Flushing Meadows and extended her lead-with some help from her opponent.
A tired cruise hit a pair of double mistakes by removing the break to start the second set.
Fifty -three minutes in the match, Krycikova rotated a diagonal winner of the vanguard, holding to get on the board.
Creating a mini-dilemma, Pegula enclosed consecutive consecutive errors to face the resting point in the fourth match. Krekikova tried to play the purpose of the fall, but Pegula quickly exploded from the blocks, grabbed the ball and sang a back slice to save the resting point. This smart improvisation helped America stay strong and hold 3-1.
The accuracy and depth of Pegula gave the small room to Krycika to operate. When Wimbledon winner of 2024 sailed a preface, Pegula sealed her fourth vacation for a 6-3, 4-1 lead.
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A double mistake of Krekikova brought Pegula Match Point. When Krekikova’s last preface fell long, Pegula reached her second consecutive US Open semifinal in one hour, 26 minutes.
“I think I surprised myself. I think, at the end of the day, I always go back to the fact that I am very sure with who I am, and I think I will always return myself and understand the end instead of the spiral type and letting it go too far,” Pegula told this SH.BA “I mean, I always think of myself.
“This is the type of what I’ve been able to do for the last four or five years, being a high player. I feel like I can always get back to the fact that I can understand in the end, and he always hits me in the most difficult moments of the year.”
