Iga Swiatek prevails over Jessica Pegula 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal in Miami on Thursday. Swiatek will face Naomi Osaka in the final. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money $ 302,125 after winning this match. She has won already $ 646,110 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 585,135 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,231,245 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Pegula is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Naomi Osaka – stats
Swiatek will square off with Osaka in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Osaka won 7-64 6-4 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The Pole in this set was too good for the American and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Swiatek missed the chance to break the American in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Swiatek converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. Iga won 8 points more than Jessica (37-29). The Pole conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
Swiatek won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th
(2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game, Swiatek broke back 4 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 8th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 78 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the American (43-35). The Pole dropped 21 points on serve (23-21). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Belinda BencicBencic (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – H2H details and stats