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Jessica Pegula ousts Shnaider in the semifinal to play vs Anisimova. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula victorious over Shnaider to come up against Amanda Anisimova in the final

Luke Meyer

12 August 2024

Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Diana Shnaider

Jessica Pegula victorious over Diana Shnaider 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Toronto on Sunday. Pegula will face Amanda Anisimova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Jessica won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Toronto

Pegula's Record

Jessica added to her prize money $ 149,376 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 308,320 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 215,165 to her earnings to get in total $ 523,485 in total.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Diana Shnaider National Bank Open – Toronto

Pegula’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula

Shnaider

6-4 6-3
1h:23

Total points

Winners

34%

Ratio Winners

44%

-- Serve --

Aces

Double Faults

59%

1st in

58%

73%

1st won

62%

24/33

1st won

28/45

52%

2nd won

47%

12/23

2nd won

15/32

-- Break Points --

4/11

Total

1/3

36%

Won

33%

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At the end of the match, Jessica scored 70 points vs. the Russian’s 63.

Pegula

The American won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Shnaider

On the other side, Shnaider wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Shnaider is 1-0 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats

Pegula will play Anisimova in the final.

This will be the 3^rd time that Jessica Pegula and Amanda Anisimova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 3-6 6-4 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Charleston back in April 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -

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Pegula was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Diana Shnaider in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the American managed to stage a great comeback to break Shnaider in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Pegula converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11^th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Shnaider was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2^nd game (2-1 0-40).

They contested 73 points. The contest during this set was so even that Pegula won only 1 point more than Diana (37-36). The American dropped 8 points on serve (16-8). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).

2nd Set -

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Jessica won the set after she broke the Russian in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Shnaider was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

They contested 61 points. Jessica won 5 more points than the Russian (33-28). Pegula dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

1st

Pegula

Shnaider

6-4