Jessica Pegula beat world primary Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 on August 12 to succeed in the Canadian Open closing in Montreal the place she is going to face both Elena Rybakina or Liudmila Samsonova.
American world quantity three Pegula, enjoying in her third consecutive Canadian Open semi-final, broke Swiatek’s serve 11 occasions and managed her manner by means of the massive moments of the match higher than the four-times Grand Slam winner.
“She always makes it tough but of course it’s incredibly rewarding to beat the number one player in the world and I am sure that will give me a lot of confidence going into tomorrow and the next couple weeks,” Pegula stated securing a spot in her first Canadian Open closing.
Neither participant was capable of defend their serve till Pegula held to like for a 4-2 lead and the American adopted that by going up a double break earlier than producing a pair of aces to shut out the primary set on her subsequent service sport.
Swiatek seemed to have settled right into a groove as she opened the second set together with her first service maintain of the day adopted by a pair of breaks for a 3-1 lead.
Pegula, nevertheless, clawed again and opened up a 5-4 lead after breaking Swiatek for the eighth time however was unable to serve out the match because the Pole levelled the body earlier than happening to power the decider.
Swiatek received the primary eight factors of the third set to construct a 2-0 lead however Pegula saved cool and twice got here again from a break down en path to securing one of many greatest wins of her profession.