The first game between Jessica Pegula e Every Swiatek It made clear the intentions of both tennis players. It cost her blood and sweat to prevail in that first score against a Swiatek who grew as the duel dragged on. On her part, the North American will not be able to reign in her house, her dream will have to wait. The World No.1 will face Aryna Sabalenka for a spot in Saturday’s final at this US Open 2022.
From less to more
Pegula started out hitting harder and shooting longer against a player who couldn’t hit the gas. With these first scenes, the one from Búfalo got a break that put her ahead for the first time in the match and from then on, the duel changed completely. With 4 consecutive games, the number 1 seed dynamited all the options of her contender.
Relentless from the bottom, Swiatek went up two more gears to impose her rhythm and to silence a local fan who saw her player deflate. The one from New York, saddened, had to change something in her tennis if she wanted to have options against the best in the WTA ranking.
Number one has woken up —
✅ Four games in a row and first set awarded for Iga Swiatek#USOpen #USOpenEurosport pic.twitter.com/AaBrB6xnpm
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) September 7, 2022
Dancing in the Dark
At the rate of break and counterbreak, both tennis players seemed to give each other a certain truce, so doubts began to appear. Swiatek could not increase his advantage, throwing two games with his serve, a service that began to fail more than necessary. Pegula, for her part, was unable to rise above it. With a lot of tension on his shoulders, the local did not move at the speed that the battle required, missing certain balls with his drive. However, and curiously, it raised his level when he was down on the scoreboard.
At 4-4, in a game with plenty of mistakes and gifts from Jessica, Swiatek opened up the score. Depending everything on her, the tennis player took the direct one in the New York night. Although, with a 5-4, the script was maintained with both competitors fighting to win their services, but without being able to keep them. Without even having a match ball, Iga gave up the game with a clear error with his right
Again, with the last of the advantages he could get, Swiatek shut down again. Finally, the tie break would decide a duel in which he won the least erratic. At 7-4, Swiatek had the upper hand, but he will have to improve on his serve and his drive. It should be added, therefore, that neither player was able to hold serve throughout the second set. A second sleeve that was a dance in the dark.
IGA SWIATEK IS INTO THE SEMIS pic.twitter.com/0ylzbW3bgT
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 8, 2022
