Jessica pegala has advanced to her first Grand Slam final after defeating kolina muchova in the semi-final at the US Open pegala who prevailed 1 to6 6 to4 6-2 in the contest will now face number two seed arena sabalenka in the final at Flushing Meadows in a repeat of the Cincinnati open Final last month playing arena is going to be really tough she showed how tough she is and why she is probably the favorite to win this tournament it will be a rematch of Cincinnati so hopefully I can get some Revenge out here BH muchova took control of proceedings in the first set closing out the opening frame in just 28 minutes after breaking pegula's serve twice however pegula began to find her feet in the second set and despite being 02 and 3040 down the 30-year-old mounted a comeback to win the frame 6 to4 pigula was able to clinch the deciding set and book her place in her maiden major final as she looks to cap off a year that has been plagued with injury sabalenka who is the favorite for the encounter defeated pegala 63 7 to5 in Cincinnati and leads the alltime series between the pair 5 to2