Welcome to our Channel US Open Jessica pegula upsets no one IIs way attack to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final New York AAP the questions wouldn't stop for Jessica pegula why was she 0 to6 in Grand Slam quarterfinals heading into her US Open matchup against no one IIs waych what could pegula do to change that came up during her onc Court interview after after winning in the previous round and again at the news conference that followed and again during a brief TV interview right before striding onto the court at Arthur Ash Stadium on Wednesday night if that all weighed on pegula the 30-year-old American hit it well pulling off a big upset by easily beating Su atch 6-2 6 to4 at Flushing Meadows and earning a deit trip to the semi-finals at a major there have been so many freaking times and I just kept losing said pegula who has won 14 of her past 15 matches all on hardcourts I know everyone keeps asking me about it but I was like I don't know what else to do I just need to get there again and like win the match so thank God I was able to do it and finally finally I can say semi-finalist mova the runner up to suek at the 2023 French Open made it to the final four in New York for the second consecutive year with a 6 to1 6 to4 victory over no 22 seed be atries haded Maya earlier Wednesday shortly after losing to Coco go in last year's semi-finals muchova had surgery on her right wrist then was off the tour for about 10 months until returning this June that was the latest in a series of injuries for mova who called it one of the worst ones that I had doesn't seem to matter matter how many matches she's really gotten in she seems to have good results no matter what it's cool to kind of see her back because I think she's really great for the game and the way she plays is really fun said the no six- seated pegula who defeated muchova at the Cincinnati open last month she's good so talented so skilled as a tennis player like so complete doesn't have a ton of weaknesses the other women's match Thursday night also will feature an American making her major semi-final debut no 13 Emma AO against no to Arena sabalenka who won the past two Australian Open titles sabalenka lost to golf in the 20123 final in New York Nao ended G's title defense in the fourth round the other men's semi-final will be no one Janik siner against no 25 Jack Draper sinner defeated 2 21 champion Daniel Medvedev 6-2 1 to6 6:1 6 to4 on Wednesday night to reach the final four at Flushing Meadows for the first time Draper eliminated Alex De Minar in straight sets the lopsided nature of pegula's win was surprising but she did not think this day would never arrive I knew I could do it she said I just had to go out and execute my game and not get frustrated suat Tech served poorly in the first set and her forehand was a real problem with 22 of her 41 unforced errors coming on that side pegula made only 22 unforced errors in all and used terrific defense to keep forcing Su atch to hit an extra shot it's never easy to play against chess she has a tricky ball because it's pretty low and pretty flat suek said I just made too many mistakes pegula also kept breaking serve against suek who counts the 2022 US Open among her five grand slam titles and has led the WTA rankings for most of the past two and a half years but pegula whose parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabers didn't have much trouble in that department especially at the outset breaking in each of su's initial two service games which both ended with double faults and three of the first six it helped that suek was unable to properly calibrate her first serves early putting just two of 12 16.7% in play at the start only 36% for the opening set I didn't really understand why my serve wasn't working suek said even as the games kept going in her favor pegula didn't show much perceptible emotion whether grabbing a for to zero lead just 21 minutes in or taking up that set which was greeted with a slight shake of her left fist as she walked to her sideline seat suek didn't hide her thoughts that well she smacked her racket against the top of the net she slapped her right thigh after a forehand flew wide to get broken yet again in trail four to3 in the second set