Welcome to our Channel kolina muchoo returns to US Open semi-finals for second straight year check athlete to face top seated AA swek or Jessica pegula in Thursday sems kolina bukova is back in the US Open semi-finals for the second straight year punctuating her return from wrist surgery by beating no 22 Beatrice haded Maya 6 to1 6 to4 on Wednesday New York mova lost to eventual Champion Coco goof in the 2023 simus in Flushing Meadows then missed nearly 10 months after sustaining a wrist injury during the tournament the unseated check returned to action in June just before Wimbledon and a little more than two months later she is into her fourth career Grand Slam semifinal game-wise I think every match here I feel better on Court and that for sure helps muchova said more matches and getting through that experience on the court again that helps a lot as well to be more confident and feel my shots mova will face top seated Iva suek or no six Jessica pegula on Thursday in the semi-finals Australian Open Champion Arena sabalenka the no two seed faces firsttime Grand Slam semi-finalist Emma noo in the other semi mova dominated the first set racing to a 5 to zero lead and finishing it off in 35 minutes then it became a test in the second with both players struggling physically on a sunny afternoon she left the court at one point for what she said was a needed trip to the bathroom while haded Maya appeared to be pointing to her chest and trying to breathe deeply Midway through the set before burying her head in a towel as trainers attended to her she had just made her second major semi-final of 20 23 having lost to suek in the French Open final when she had to stop playing following the US Open when she finally got back to the tour this year it left time for only 11 matches before returning to Flushing Meadows that was enough time for moova to ReDiscover her game she hasn't dropped a set in her five matches and finished off this one with an ace down the middle mova who missed most of the first half of the 20 22 season because of back abdominal and Ankle problems said she didn't like to talk about her injuries I've been through a lot of them the 28-year-old said yeah this last one the wrist surgery was one of the worst ones that I had now looking back I'm like oh it actually flew by the time and I feel strong again many fans hadn't even taken their seats at Arthur Ash Stadium when muchova broke haded m in a 14-point game to take a two to zero lead the Brazilian faced that same deficit in her third round match against anak Kellen skaya but won the next game to start a turnaround helped in part by a video review that gave her a point the US Tennis Association acknowledged the next day that hated Maya's shot was illegal but the chair umpire wasn't given the relevant Replay that would have shown that movo wouldn't allow a turnar around this time denying haded Maya what would have been the second major semi-final of her career she got to that stage in the French Open last year but said she had trouble concentrating Wednesday I didn't put pressure on me because of her it was me and myself it was my ghosts inside my mind and I know all the tennis players have that haded Maya said today was like an inner fight I couldn't manage that Jack Draper powered into his first Grand Slam semifinal beating Alex deor 6-3 7 to5 6-2 on Wednesday to become the first man since 2020 to reach the final four at the US Open without dropping a set the no 25 seed from Britain relied on his serve that reached 128 mph to set up some of his 40 winners in the match and he broke the 10 seated deor serves six times Draper is is the first British man to reach the US Open semi-finals since Andy Murray won the title in 2012 it's amazing to be out here my first match on the biggest Court in the world honestly it's a dream come true for me the 22-year-old Draper said he will face either top seated janx sinner or no five Daniel Medvedev in Friday semi-final e e e e e e e e for