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us open 0-2 upset, world no. 1 swiatek eliminated, rich girl made a major breakthrough, top four announced

2024-09-05

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on september 5, beijing time, the last quarter-final of the 2024 us open women's singles, swiatek played against pegula. in the end, swiatek lost two sets in a row 0-2 and was eliminated in a big upset. pegula finally achieved a major breakthrough: advancing to the semi-finals of the grand slam for the first time. so far, the semi-finals of this year's us open women's singles have all been released.

swiatek is ranked no. 1 in the world and the top seed of the tournament. in the first four rounds, swiatek did not lose a set and advanced to the quarterfinals of the us open again after two years. the "rich girl" pegula is the no. 6 seed of the tournament. she also did not lose a set in the first four rounds, continuing her good form in the north american season. it is worth mentioning that pegula has never entered the semifinals of a grand slam before, which is also a big curse. the two have played against each other 9 times before, and swiatek has a clear advantage with 6 wins and 3 losses, and has a greater chance of advancing.

in the first set, pegula broke the serve in the first and third games and took a 4-0 lead. in the fifth game, swiatek won four points in a row to save her serve. in the sixth game, pegula saved her serve to win 5-1, and in the eighth game, she easily served to win the set, 6-2, and led swiatek 1-0. in the first set, swiatek had a 36% first serve success rate, 3 winning points, and 19 unforced errors.