Alert: Pegula rolls over Swiatek to reach US Open semis

American Jessica Pegula moved into the semi-finals of the US Open by beating Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, 6-2, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday night.

Pegula, ranked No 6, will face Karolina Muchova for a spot in the title match.

Previously in New York the American ousted Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-3), Sofia Kenin (7-6 (4), 6-3), Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-3, 6-3) and Diana Shnaider, the No 18 seed (6-4, 6-2).

Swiatek’s path to the last eight featured wins over Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova (6-4, 7-6 (6)), Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara (6-0, 6-1), Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed (6-4, 6-2) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed (6-4, 6-1).

New York (Grand Slam), other last eight results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Karolina Muchova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (22): 6-1, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-1, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Paula Badosa (26): 6-2, 7-5

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