Jessica Pegula has reached her first semifinal in a Major and she did it right in front of her own crowd, at the US Open. The American tennis player beat the WTA No.1 Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-4, giving the Polish player (definitely too faulty and never solid from the baseline) a tough tennis lesson, on hard-courts.
This semifinal comes at a magical moment for Jez, who is performing the best tennis of her career right on the North American hard-court swing. In fact, it should be remembered that she won her 3rd WTA 1000 in her career by beating Amanda Anisimova in the final of the National Bank Open in Toronto in August while, a week later, she lost the final of the Cincinnati Open in straight sets against Aryna Sabalenka.
JESSICA PEGULA DEFEATS WORLD NO. 1 IGA SWIATEK TO ADVANCE TO HER MAIDEN MAJOR SEMIFINAL ON HOME SOIL 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/VgFXOC0kR2
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 5, 2024
In her post-match press conference, Pegula analyzed her match against Swiatrek, explaining how she tried to frustrate the WTA No. 1 and how it would be damn awesome to win the US Open.
“I think I played a really clean match, I served pretty well, I returned well. I think I didn’t do anything too bad, and I was able to jump on her very early and I think I frustrated her, and I…
