Jessica Pegula, the best seed, survived the Ekatera Alexandrova 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the Topsy-Turvy Charleston Open semi-final on Saturday, and played a compatriot for Korean Sofia Kenin in the fourth championship game of the season. Will.
Pegula seemed to play in the first five games, but Alexandrova fought again, and the United States had to find another level after blocking it with the outstanding backhand winner.
Later on Saturday, Kenin developed as the opponent, Amanda Anisimova, retired from the first set to retire.
Pegula spoke to the tennis channel.
“It was not the most beautiful sometimes, the wind was really bleed, and there was an awkward shot, and we were very uncomfortable, and I felt like a short ball, a little low ball, the wind swollen in the wind, so I had to move a lot of feet without frustration.”
PEGULA broke the opponent in the first game with the backhand winner before Alexandrova took another break in the third game.
They broke Pegula with a good forehand shot in the 6th game in the sixth game, and when Russia broke Pegula with the Foreign Winner in the set point, Russia took a break in the fifth and sixth match before improving her form in the second set.
They traded three in the final set before forcing the error of the stop point with the backhands that were completely placed on the Internet to finish the 21 -minute marathon for two hours in the 11th game.
Pegula’s 24th match was the most recorded in the WTA this year.
Anisimova expected a strong start this season after the three -year title drought in Doha in February, but afternoon, he derailed quickly with the eighth seed.
As Kenin took a break in the fourth game, Anisimova stopped short and started to move seriously around the court.
She tended to be a hip injury and tried to continue there, but she could not continue to fight and could not retire with Kenin and 5-2.
Charleston Open, the largest women’s tennis tournament in North America, will see the finals of the United States after 1990.
