Tennis fans wouldn’t want to miss this mouth-watering clash between Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula in the semifinals of the 2023 United Cup on Friday.
The Polish sensation has played five matches so far in the new season. She has managed to win all five of them. Three of those matches were singles while two were mixed doubles encounters.
Swiatek began with a dominant win against world No. 51 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. In the mixed doubles match, Swiatek teamed up with Hubert Hurkacz and defeated the team of Grigoriy Lomakin and Zhibek Kulambayeva in straight sets. The 21-year-old went on to defeat Belina Bencic and Martina Trevisan in her next two singles matches. She has not dropped a set as of now. The Hurkacz-Swiatek duo won a decisive clash against Lorenzo Musetti and Camilla Rosatello 6-1, 6-2 to take Poland to the semifinals.
The world No. 3 did not have an ideal start to the season as she lost her first match at the United Cup against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. She teamed with Taylor Fritz and defeated Jiri Lehecka and Marie Bouzkova 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 in mixed doubles encounter. The USA got the better of the Czech Republic 4-1 as Pegula’s loss to Kvitova was the only positive result that came the way of the European nation.
The American star won her first singles match against Laura Siegemund of Germany in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. Pegula went on to team with Frances Tiafoe and defeated the team of Siegemund and Daniel Altmaier later on. Pegula registered another win against world No. 98 Harriet Dart 6-2, 6-0. In her last match of the group stages, Pegula partnered with Fritz and took down the team of Dart and Daniel Evans in straight sets.
Iga Swiatek has a comfortable 4-1 lead in the head-to-head scoreline against Jessica Pegula. All four of Swiatek’s wins came in 2022, the most recent one being in the 2022 San Diego Open.
Prediction: Iga Swiatek to win in three sets.
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