Pegula defeated Swiatek and will play her third WTA 1,000 final in Montreal

Jessica Pegula29 years old and world number 3, knocked out the Polish woman this Saturday Iga Swiatekworld number one, by winning 6-2, 6-7(4) and 6-4, and qualified for the final of WTA 1,000 on hard court in Montreal (Canada)the third of his career in this category, where he will fight for his first title of the year and third overall after Washington’2019 and Guadalajara’2022.

PEGULA PREVAILS 🙌@JPegula defeated Swiatek in three sets 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 to advance to the finals for the first time in Montreal. #NBO23 pic.twitter.com/no3bGLU6nv

— wta (@WTA) August 12, 2023

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Eliminating an in-form Coco Gauff, who had just won in Washington, in the quarterfinals, Pegula put in another great performance, this time against the best player in the world.

The American had already lost in the final in Doha this year against Swiatek, but he asserted himself on Saturday and won in two hours and 33 minutes in a match marked by the Polish’s problems on serve.

Swiatek lost seven of his first eight turns on serve and Pegula, despite not shining on serve, was able to take advantage to win the first set 6-2 and take advantage of a break in the second.

He managed to close out the game on serve with 5-4 on the scoreboard, but it was at the moment of maximum difficulty when Swiatek reacted. He recovered the ‘break’ and leveled the game in a tiebreaker.

At times, the momentum swung in favor of the world number one, who led 4-2 in the third set, before getting stuck again, this time for good.

He lost four straight games and missed a forehand cross on Pegula’s first match point.

The American player is now waiting for his rival, who will be one of the Kazakhs Elena Rybakina (n.4) and the Russian Lyudmila Samsonova (n. 18).