San Diego Open: Pegula overcomes wobble, advances to semi-finals
Jessica Pegula won against Anna Blinkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 4 seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the San Diego Open by defeating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 at the Barnes Tennis Center on Friday night.
Pegula, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 4 seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round of the San Diego tournament, the American won against German qualifier Jule Niemeier (6-0, 6-4).
Blinkova, ranked No 51, won against Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki (1-6, 6-4, 6-1) and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 5 seed (7-6 (6), 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
San Diego WTA 500, other last 8 results (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Emma Navarro (3) beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Katie Boulter beat Donna Vekic (7): 6-4, 6-3
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