Tennis-Pegula rides roller-coaster year into US Open semis

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 2, 2025 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. in action during her quarter final match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

NEW YORK (Reuters) -American Jessica Pegula rode her roller-coaster season to reach a second straight U.S. Open semi-final with a clinical 6-3 6-3 win over twice Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova on Tuesday.

Fourth-ranked Pegula had a dreadful run-up to the year's final major but has flipped the script and found another gear in New York to set up a last four showdown with world number one and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.