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Jessica Pegula will meet Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open women's final Saturday

Sep. 06, 2024 13:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Back in January, when Aryna Sabalenka was winning a second consecutive Australian Open title, Jessica Pegula was bowing out in the second round with a straight-set loss against someone ranked 51st. It wasn't the first setback for Pegula, of course. There have been...

US Open: Jessica Pegula reaches her first Grand Slam final at age 30 and will play Aryna Sabalenka

Sep. 06, 2024 00:24 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. “I came out flat, but she was playing unbelievable. She made me look like a beginner,” Pegula...

Jessica Pegula beats Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the U.S. Open and will face Aryna Sabalenka in the final

Sep. 05, 2024 23:27 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula beats Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the U.S. Open and will face Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

US Open: Jessica Pegula upsets No. 1 Iga Swiatek to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal

Sep. 04, 2024 23:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The questions wouldn't stop for Jessica Pegula: Why was she 0-6 in Grand Slam quarterfinals heading into her U.S. Open matchup against No. 1 Iga Swiatek? What could Pegula do to change that? Came up during her on-court interview after winning in the previous round....

US Open: Jessica Pegula's 7th Grand Slam quarterfinal will be against No. 1 Iga Swiatek

Sep. 02, 2024 23:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career — and this next one will...

Jannik Sinner never gives US Open opponent hope of an upset like those against Djokovic and Alcaraz

Sep. 01, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O'Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. “It shows that this sport is unpredictable....

US Open: Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam win streak ends in loss to Botic van de Zandschulp

Aug. 30, 2024 00:25 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — After double-faulting to fall behind two sets to none — a deficit he’s never overcome — in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Carlos Alcaraz slung his equipment bag over a shoulder and trudged toward the locker room. Glancing in the direction...

No. 1 seeds Sinner, Swiatek move into the third round at the US Open; Alcaraz, Osaka eliminated

Aug. 29, 2024 23:56 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner flashed their No. 1 form on Thursday with powerful performances that moved them into the third round of the U.S. Open. Carlos Alcaraz and Naomi Osaka couldn't quite find the games that once had them on top of the rankings. ...

Naomi Osaka's forehand goes awry and she loses in the US Open's second round to Karolina Muchova

Aug. 29, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Seemingly back in her U.S. Open match, suddenly a point from getting to a third set, Naomi Osaka lost her way Thursday night, missing forehand after forehand until she ceded that game and chucked her racket, sending it clattering on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. ...

Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo win the Olympic women's tennis doubles bronze for Spain

Aug. 04, 2024 07:40 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo won the women's tennis doubles bronze medal for Spain at the Paris Olympics — just their second event as a team — by defeating Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. Bucsa and Sorribes...