Sabalenka faces Pegula after Vondusovova retires …

The reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka moved to the semifinals of the United States without playing after Marketa Vondusovova retired with an injury, creating a repetition of the final of last year against Jessica Peguula.

The Sabalenka world number one would have played Cech Vondusova not sitting in Tuesday’s night session in New York.

But the Wimbledon champion of 2023, whose career was decimated by injuries, pulled out less than two hours before they should take on the pitch.

“I’m so sorry for Marketa after everything he passed,” Sabalenka wrote on social media.

“He played extraordinary tennis and I know how much this should hurt this.”

Vondrousova had a pre-match test session, but stopped it in advance, bending over the base line before being consoled by his team.

The world number 60 was subsequently seen with a heavy holder on the left leg while crossing the area of ​​Flushing Meadows Flushing players.

The fourth American seed Peguula swept Barbora Krejcikova from 6-3 6-3 to advance the last four for the second consecutive year.

The Czech Krejcikova, two times champion of the Grand Slam Singles, represented a dangerous opponent after recovering from a set and saved eight points of the game against Taylor Townsend in the previous round.

But an impressive pegula, who has not yet dropped a set here, has not undergone such fears in a serene performance.

“I really feel comfortable. It is crazy to feel comfortable on the largest field in the world with the craziest crowd and the best players,” he said.

“Ten years ago I never thought I was good at this, but I imagine I am.”

“Solid” Peguula does a light job by Krejcikova

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Peguula arrived in New York in bad shape, winning only two games in his previous four tournaments and losing in the first week of four more important in six appearances.

While he swept away the cobwebs with routine victories on Mayar Sharif, Anna Blinkova, Victoria Azarenka and Ann Li, the quarter -finals presented a different challenge.

Peguula previously fought in this phase: the race of last year at the US Open final was his first success in the last eight of a draw for singles of the Grand Slam after six defeats.

But Peguula was without noise from his record 1-6, capitalizing slowly from Krejcikova to run ahead 3-0, including Breaking to Love in the second game.

He dominated the basic exchanges, hitting deep groundstrokes to trap his opponent on the back of the court and regularly attacked the net to keep his opponent out of balance.

Although Krejcikova brought it back to 4-3, she was left to a poor service performance, with a double fault at 40-30 by opening the door for Peguula to break again in the eighth match and then close the set.

Krejcikova’s portion struggles – winning only 28% of the points at his second service in the Pepri – continue and a pair of double faults at the beginning of the second set of Peguula with an early break.

Peguula was not without oscillations of his service, throwing away a double pause advantage in the sixth game while Krejcikova nodded another improbable return.

But he kept his composure and, a seventh double fault of Krejcikova’s afternoon raised the game point – that Pegula seized the first attempt.

“I think I played really good tennis. I played very solid and I had good beginnings,” said Peguula.

“He had a couple of really good returns when I was using 4-1 and we all saw what he did against Taylor, so I’m happy to have finished.”

Credit: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/artics/cm2k24x124vo

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