Swiatek beats Pegula in three units to achieve San Diego Open closing

World primary Iga Swiatek of Poland rallied after a rain delay to defeat sixth-ranked American Jessica Pegula on Saturday and attain the WTA San Diego Open closing.

Swiatek, searching for her eighth title of the 12 months, superior to her ninth WTA closing of the season by defeating Pegula 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 after two hours and 6 minutes.

However the three-time Grand Slam champion should wait till Sunday to seek out out her opponent within the championship match.

Heavy rain pressured suspension of the second semifinal with Nineteenth-ranked American Danielle Collins, this 12 months’s Australian Open runner-up, main Croatia’s 77th-ranked Donna Vekic 4-6, 6-4, 4-2, after two hours and 29 minutes.

In a rematch of this 12 months’s French and US Open quarterfinals, Swiatek dropped the primary set simply earlier than a prolonged rain delay that allowed the 21-year-old Polish star to regroup.

“I got here again and I needed to be actually composed and never lose in these vital moments,” Swiatek stated.

Swiatek raced forward 3-0 and broke once more on a forehand winner within the eighth recreation to pressure a 3rd set, which she additionally dominated, taking the victory with a break when Pegula netted a forehand.

Winner of a WTA-best 63 matches this 12 months, Swiatek improved to 4-1 all-time in opposition to Pegula, having misplaced their first assembly in 2019 at Washington however wining this 12 months at Miami and within the US and French Open quarterfinals.

Swiatek, a runner-up final week at Ostrava, seeks her eleventh profession WTA title. Her titles this 12 months embody Qatar, Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Stuttgart and the US and French Opens.

Collins gained her solely WTA titles final 12 months at Palermo and Silicon Valley.

Vekic gained her third profession WTA title final October at Courmayeur in her most up-to-date tour closing.