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Alexandrova and Pegula enter Charleston Open semi-finals
Gulf Today
|April 06, 2025
World number four Jessica Pegula rallied from a set and a break down to beat defending champion Danielle Collins 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Friday and reach the semi-finals of he WTA clay court tournament in Charleston, South Carolina.
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"That was tough," said Pegula, who trailed 6-1, 2-0 but won IO of the last 13 games including the last nine to close out the contest.
"Obviously she can play well here," Pegula said. "She's defending champion and she came out firing. I was not ready for that at all.
"Luckily I ws able to dig my heels into that second set and play some good tennis."
Pegula said the key to turning things around was mixing up her shots and "smart serving".
"She was returning unbelievable, just hitting winner, winner, winner off my serve and I had to figure out a way to get my placement a little bit better," Pegula said.
This story is from the April 06, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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