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Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula, seeded N.1, were eliminated respectively by Tallon Griekspoor and Maria Sakkari on Saturday in the semifinals of the Washington Open, where Coco Gauff reached the last step. Fritz, who had just won two wins the day before, was overthrown 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 by the Dutchman, seeded N.12, after winning the first set thanks to a break from the second game. Griekspoor will face Briton Dan Evans in the final, who took out the N.5 seed, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 7-6 (7/4). As for the American Taylor Fritz, N. 9 in the world, he was unable to continue following his second title of the season, in Atlanta the previous week.
Among the women, the No.1 seed also fell: Jessica Pegula fell against the Greek Maria Sakkari, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, who will meet Coco Gauff in the final. Sakkari also came out of a small marathon, since his success against Pegula is the third in 26 hours on the hard Washington. “It would have been ideal if I could have left the court an hour earlier, commented the world N.9, but in the end I got the victory and that’s what I wanted the most”.
Pegula repasse world n°3
She will have the opportunity to win the second trophy of her career, the first dating from 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Pegula, she will still equal her record in the WTA rankings, returning to world No.3 at the end of the tournament. Fellow American Coco Gauff was dominant against Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova, winning her semi-final in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. “She’s a waitress and she has a great forehand, so I wanted to see how I was going to do in this battle, and I think I played pretty well,” analyzed the world No.7, who lost four of his five confrontations against Maria Sakkari.
2023-08-06 07:04:00
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