Marta Kostyuk hustles Jessica Pegula 7-6(4) 6-1 in the semifinal in San Diego on Saturday. Kostyuk will try to keep the momentum against Katie Boulter in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Kostyuk added to her prize money $ 36,450 after winning this match. She has already won $ 87,655 after this win. If she wins the next match, Marta will add $ 54,345 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Jessica Pegula San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:35
At the end of the match, Marta scored 78 points vs. the American’s 67.
Kostyuk
Marta was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Pegula is 1-2 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Katie Boulter – stats
Kostyuk will compete against Boulter in the final.
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kostyuk commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). However, Kostyuk refused to bow to come back to break Pegula in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
A crucial moment of this set was when Marta won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 1-5 to 6-5.
The Ukrainian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (2-5 15-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 92 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kostyuk won just 2 more points than Jessica (47-45). The Ukrainian surrendered 21 points on serve (27-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Pegula conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
Kostyuk had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Kostyuk improved her lead after breaking Pegula in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Kostyuk was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Jessica was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 53 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Jessica (31-22). Marta dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats
