NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula beat Elina Svitolina 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Saturday, setting up a fourth-round matchup at the U.S. Open against fellow American Madison Keys.
Pegula, the No. 3 seed, is still trying to advance beyond the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. First, she'll have to get by the 2017 runner-up in Flushing Meadows, who also needed three sets to move on.
Keys, the No. 17 seed, came back to eliminate No. 14 Liudmila Samsonova 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Pegula then found herself in a tough test with Svitolina, the No. 26 seed from the Ukraine who reached the U.S. Open semifinals in 2019. It was tied 2-2 in the third set before the 29-year-old from Florida broke serve to start a run of four straight games to win the match.
That put her in the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the second time. Pegula had her best result at the tournament in 2022, falling to eventual champion Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals.
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