The Female Singles Tournament in the United States is officially reduced to two players: the world’s n ° 2 and an American in its first Grand Slam final in a career.
N ° 6 Jessica Pegula beat Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to qualify for her first grand final at the age of 30. Although she won six WTA events, she had never advanced beyond the quarter-final of A Grand Slam.
The final is scheduled for Saturday at the Arthur Ashe stadium.
Jessica Pegula surprises Karolina Muchova in the return to 3 sets
In Muchova, Pegula faced a former top 10 player who lost most of his points after missing nine months of the previous year.
Muchova opened the match by playing as if she never left. She blitzé the two services of Pegula and won both in the net and the basic line, easily taking the first set and taking a break in the second. Pegula’s body language has clearly shown a player who was down.
“I was about to melt in tears because she made me look like a beginner. It was embarrassing,” said Pegula after the match.
Pegula responded by becoming more aggressive on the second Muchova service, while cleaning his service game. She was also helped by 19 unl forced errors of Muchova in the second set, even inviting her to the match.
The momentum was held in the third set, Pegula Brisant Muchova early and held from there to get the greatest victory of his career, with the greatest match of his waiting career.
Aryna Sabalenka Bests Emma Navarro
During their third meeting of the year, the n ° 2 Aryna Sabalenka exceeded n ° 13 Emma Navarro, another American making her first appearance in the semi-final of the Grand Slam, in Straight Set, 6-3, 7- 6 (2).
Despite the crowd at the Arthur Ashe stadium on his side, enraged the oppressed, Navarro had no answer for the powerful service of Sabalenka (with seven AS) and the forehand. His speed helped her stay in the match with a strong defense. But Navarro had to play in defense often because she could not resume the game during her second service.
Just as it seemed that Navarro could repel the offensive of Sabalenka, the seeded n ° 2 surprised to fall. Showing the touch closer to the net while Navarro played to make up for the power of Sabalenka was a combination too difficult to cover. Trying to catch Navarro by surprise has sometimes led to unl forced errors.
However, Sabalenka’s trend to rely on her power sometimes leaves her subject to watching her services and returns rather than moving. Navarro took advantage of it, showing speed everywhere on the ground and sometimes catching Sabalenka flat to win points.
In the second set, Sabalenka won the breaking point with his powerful forehand, despite Navarro’s best efforts to follow. Trying to maintain its base while moving quickly side by side made Navarro slip and scratching your right knee. Although this did not inhibit her physically, it was an indication of the way Sabalenka beat her.
Finally, Navarro could not slow down the pace of Sabalenka and take more control of the match. Navarro retaliated with 4-3 and 5-4 in the second set, winning again with speed against the power of Sabalenka.
The second set turned into a confrontation of agility against power, Navarro holding Sabalenka and the frustrating it. Navarro’s speed along the base line helped her arrive and fight shots that Sabalenka thought was out of reach.
However, despite an incredible fight to force the second set to an equality break, Navarro had to play the catch -up throughout the match and he finally caught it. Sabalenka put a wall, winning 8 of the 10 points and straightening up after being frustrated not to be able to put Navarro.
Sabalenka passes to his second consecutive American open final.
Here is how everything went to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the US Open 2024.
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Pegula wins 1-6, 6-4, 6-2!
Seeds n ° 6 come back from a set and a break to go to his first Grand Slam final in a career. She will face Aryna Sabalenka N ° 2 on Saturday on Saturday.
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Pegula goes up 5-2
After Muchova’s racket makes the racket, Pegula won the next two points to keep the service and ward off a victory match. She played this set in a more conservative way, leaving Muchova to go for the winners and the errors that accompany them.
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Muchova is visibly frustrated
Muchova even pushes the match, but another missed break point left her so frustrated that she threw her racket in the air at the end of the point. Fortunately, she also caught it.
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Pegula holds the service to increase 4-1
At 30, Pegula is two games from his first Grand Colem final in a career.
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Pegula obtains the break to climb 2-0 the third
We went to the full back here. Pegula takes an important advance in the third set and Muchova is now shouting in his box. Now, Muchova must make an adjustment.
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Pegula takes the second set
After having descended a set and a break, Pegula even retaliated to the match and send it to a third party from the winner. She looked much better in this set, especially after the first games, but was also helped by 19 unrecited Muchova errors in this context. She still does not win her first service, taking 13 of the 24 points in this set, but she managed to punish the second service of Muchova (12 points of 15 points).
It will be the first match of the three sets of Pegula.
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Muchova breaks down, down 4-3
It is a second hectic set, because Muchova prevents Pegula from consolidating the break. She also seems to reach her side a little, so she could face something.
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Pegula takes an advance of 4-2
It was a big problem. After four deces, Pegula gets his second break and is now on the right track for this match. She watched completely down there are a few games, but the pump now first and shouts. It would be quite a return.
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Pegula obtains the break, equally 2-2
Finally. It was not the best performance for Muchova, but Pegula is back in this match.
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Pegula climbs on the board, now down 2-1
All she has done was to keep the service, but even it seems significant for Pegula at this stage. She had to retain a break in the process. Stark Stat: she has won 10 of her 22 points at the first service so far. Muchova, meanwhile, won 15 of 19. If Pegula does not determine how to change the two in his favor, it is fundamentally finished.
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Pegula is broken to open the second
It’s all muchova now. She won the eight points on the net and always shows a clear advantage in basic gatherings. Pegula’s body language is not encouraging and it will need a reversal.
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Stadium Arthur Ashe trying to give PEGULA a certain life
New York’s crowd does its best to raise the only American on the left in the female field, giving it a good reputation on its first point won in the second set.
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Muchova takes the first set 6-1
It was easy, at least after the breaking points. Muchova was everywhere on the field, feasting on the two and second services of Pegula and launched 11 winners of the three in Pegula to take the first set in a convincing manner. If Pegula does not start to date, we are considering a match below the time.
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Then Muchova obtains the break, at the top 3-1
The Czech veteran looks clear so far, or at least sharper than Pegula, who has made three unl forced errors and mainly made a match she needed to win.
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Karolina Muchova survives the first big game of the match, leads 2-1
A par tie 1-1, Muchova pushed three break points to keep the service in a marathon match. There were very good points in there.
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Muchova takes the first game without too much problem
Two unrefitted errors of Pegula, let’s see how she reacts.
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Muchova and Pegula now take the court
Two players who treated injuries for most of the year, now playing for their first open American final. Pegula is a favorite -155 on BETMGM.
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Sabalenka wins 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Emma Navarro led an incredible fight to force the second set to an equality break. From there, however, Aryna Sabalenka put a wall, winning 8 of the 10 points and straightening up after being frustrated not to be able to put Navarro.
Navarro had to play the catch -up throughout the match and he finally caught it. Sabalenka passes to his second consecutive American open final.
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Sabalenka is right herself
Just as the whole seemed to slip for Sabalenka, she remembers with a puffy return to which Navarro cannot go, despite her best effort. She needed that one.
We are at a 6-6 equality break. Agility against power.
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Sabalenka is frustrated
An inability to store Navarro is frustrating Sabalenka. Consequently, it becomes sloppy and strikes balls in the net.
For the moment, Sabalenka does not seem to have answers and is looking for his coaches to get help. Meanwhile, Navarro wins steam and the crowd gives it energy while it takes an advantage of 6-5.
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