I've have been to the quarters so many freaking times I just kept losing finally I can say I am a semifinalist Jessica pigula proclaimed after she got the Grand Slam curse off her back but World no5 claimed an incredible win over IG suitech at the US Open to become only the fourth American woman to achieve a rare North American feat that after falling at the quarterfinal stage of Majors on six occasions it was a case of seventh time is a charm for pegula as she played a really clean match to stun the pole and reach her maiden slam semifinal a 6-2 6 to4 win in under 90 minutes over top seed swch is as clean as it comes as she raced into a 4 to zero lead in the opening set with two breaks of serve she also broke twice in the second set but the world no one did manage to get a break back before the Americans served out the the match I thought I played a really clean match served pretty well returned well pegula said I feel like I didn't he really do anything that bad and was able to kind of jump on her really early and I think frustrate her and was able to keep my level even when she picked it up in the second set pigula came into the match with a 3 to6 head-to-head record against world no oneu Tech but she is now only the fourth player after Arena saalan a Elena rakina and barbar kova to beat the poll four times sh added I think today I wanted to come out playing the way I wanted to play I had an idea in my mind of what I learned from the last time I played her at finals and play kind of Within Myself and then just see where she was at I could tell right away she was frustrated on the serve with the win pegala who won the Canadian open and finished runner up at the C CTI open became only the fourth American in the open era to reach the semifinal of the Canadian open Cincinnati open and US Open in the same year