The American battled back from a set and a break down to reach the US Open final.
JESSICA PEGULA SCRIPTED an astonishing comeback “just in the nick of time” to defeat Karolina Muchova on Thursday at the US Open and reach her first Grand Slam final, where she will take on big-hitting Aryna Sabalenka for the title.
Pegula has now won 15 of 16 matches on the US summer hardcourt swing, which saw a title in Toronto and defeat in the Cincinnati final to Sabalenka. Advertisement The 30-year-old lost the first set in just 28 minutes, was quickly 2-0 down in the second and had to save break point to avoid slipping 3-0 down.
“If you’d told me at the start of the year that I’d get to a Grand Slam final I would have laughed so hard at you.” Navarro, playing in her first semi-final at the majors, went down fighting when she clawed her way back from 3-5 in the second set to force the tiebreak. “It really means a lot and even though you guys were supporting her still, I had the goose bumps for you cheering. It was an incredible atmosphere.”
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