Because of the heavy rain that poured down in Charleston, the semifinal between Jessica Pegula and the Swiss Belinda Bencic was interrupted.who must finish their match this Sunday and then play the final against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who defeated Russian Daria Kasatkina hours before.
Pegula led 4-2 in the tiebreaker of the second set, after losing the first 7-5when the force of the rain forced the game to be interrupted, at the moment of its highest tension.
Minutes later, the WTA reported that play would not resume this Saturday, but the game should be finished this Sunday.
“After a necessary break”, the winner of that semifinal will face Jabeur in the final.
The Tunisian is waiting for a rival, after defeating Kasatkina in a double 7-5in a game that also had to be delayed by rain.
Jabeur came back from 1-4 down in the first set, before taking it to 7-5 without giving up serve again. He started the second set the same way, losing his serve, but was able to recover the break and secure his ticket to the final in an hour and 49 minutes of play.
It was the Tunisian’s fifth win in seven games under Kasatkina, a player with 19 career wins against players in the world’s top 10.
Jabeur, who already defeated Kasatkina in the Rome 2022 semifinal, achieved her first win of the year against a ‘top-10’ rival.
Source: La Verdad
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