Jessica Pegula reached her first grand slam semi-final with victory over the world No 1, while Jannik Sinner downed Daniil Medvedev in the men’s quarter-finals
At the end of the final grand slam tournament of her breakthrough 2022 season, Jessica Pegula found herself in a familiar, painful position. She had reached the quarter-finals at three of the four majors that year, but on each occasion she was defeated by the top seed. After another loss to Iga Swiatek at the US Open, Pegula arrived at her press conference sipping a can of beer. “I’m trying to pee for doping,” she said. “Although it does help ease the loss.
By defeating the world No 1, sixth-seeded Pegula joins her compatriots Emma Navarro, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe in the semi-finals. This is the first time that multiple US players have reached the semis in both the women’s and men’s US Open draws since 2003. Pegula will next face the unseeded Karolína Muchová, who reached semi-finals last year before undergoing wrist surgery at the beginning of this season. Muchová defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-1, 6-4 earlier on Thursday.
”I’ve had many tournaments where I didn’t serve well and I managed to win anyway,” she said. “But I probably didn’t find the right solution because I couldn’t push with my serve. Also, I wasn’t that solid from the baseline to have a backup like that. You’re not going to win if you make so many mistakes, and I made those. It’s on me.
“It was very tough,” said Sinner. “We know each other quite well, we played in Australia and London. We knew it was going to be very physical. It was strange the first two sets, because who ever got the first break rolled, but I’m really happy.”
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