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Pegula finished the 85-minute quarterfinal
match with 22 winners and 16 unforced errors. She won four of
the last five games in the opening set and the first four games
of the second set.
Pegula next faces No. 5 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece, who
outlasted No. 3 Caroline Garcia of France 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5).
Sakkari saved all three break points she faced in the two-hour,
41-minute victory.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 8 Veronika Kudermetova
of Russia will meet in the other semifinal of the WTA 500 event.
Swiatek advanced in a walkover after No. 7 seed Belinda Bencic
of Switzerland withdrew Wednesday, citing fatigue, while
Kudermetova needed two hours and 4 minutes to put away No. 4
seed Coco Gauff 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Swiatek has not lost a set in two
previous encounters with Kudermetova.
--Field Level Media
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