<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/finally-i-can-say-im-a-semi-finalist-jessica-pegula-after-her-fourth-career-win-against-iga-swiatek-23387714" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Jessica Pegula</strong></a> scripted an astonishing comeback &ldquo;just in the nick of time&rdquo; to defeat Karolina Muchova on Thursday at the US Open and reach her first Grand Slam final, where she will take on big-hitting Aryna Sabalenka for the title.&nbsp;</p>
<p>American World No. 6 Pegula battled back from a set and a break down to record a gutsy 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over her 52nd-ranked opponent from the Czech Republic.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Double <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/drinks-are-on-me-sabalenkas-new-way-to-get-crowd-support-23387027" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Australian Open</strong></a> champion and World No. 2 Sabalenka reached her second successive US Open final by seeing off another American, Emma Navarro, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2). &ldquo;I thought I was lucky to still be in it,&rdquo; admitted Pegula. &ldquo;She made me look like a beginner, she was destroying me and I was about to burst into tears, but it all came down to small moments. I don&rsquo;t know how I turned that around.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pegula has now won 15 of 16 matches on the US summer hardcourt swing, which saw a title in Toronto and defeat in the Cincinnati final to Sabalenka. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a chance for revenge, but she&rsquo;ll be tough to beat,&rdquo; said Pegula, who has won just two of seven career meetings against the Belarusian.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sabalenka went through to the final by seeing off Navarro as well as a partisan home crowd. &nbsp;&ldquo;Guys, now you&rsquo;re cheering for me. Wow. It&rsquo;s a bit too late. I don&rsquo;t really care who I face in the final because today was a good test of the crowd cheering for my opponent,&rdquo; Sabalenka, 26, told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd.</p>
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American World No. 6 Pegula battled back from a set and a break down to record a gutsy 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over her 52nd-ranked opponent from the Czech Republic

Sabalenka will be tough to beat: Pegula

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