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Pegula reaches WTA Charleston semis with latest three-setter
- Defending champion Jessica Pegula reached the Credit One Charleston Open semifinals for the fourth straight year on Friday, rallying from a set down to defeat Diana Shnaider 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
- Known as "Three-set Jess" this week, the American has dropped the opening set in all three of her matches while logging eight hours and 40 minutes on court.
- Pegula hit 71.6 percent of her first serves and won 45 of 68 points on her first serve against Shnaider, while firing eight aces to dominate the final set.
- On Saturday, top-seeded Pegula faces American teen sensation Iva Jovic, while fifth-seeded American Madison Keys takes on 26-year-old Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva in the other semifinal.
- Keys, who won here in 2019, reached her first semifinal of the season, while Jovic said "I'm going to have to mix it up a little bit" against the tournament favorite.
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Marietta Daily JournalJessica Pegula secures 3rd straight comeback to reach Charleston semis
For the third straight day, No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula dropped the opening set but rallied to win, this time defeating seventh-seeded Russian Diana Shnaider 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advance into the semifinals of the Charleston Open on Friday.
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