Jessica Pegula wins against Alexandrova in the semifinal at the Credit One Charleston Open – CHARLESTON RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Jessica Pegula bests Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Charleston on Saturday. Pegula will face off with Sofia Kenin in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the semifinal in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Charleston

Pegula's Record

Pegula added to her prize money $ 49,915 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 63,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 164,000 in total.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston

Pegula’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula

Alexandrova

6-2 2-6 7-5
2h:20

106

106

Total points

100

100

37

37

Winners

32

32

35%

35%

Ratio Winners

32%

32%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

7

7

2

2

Double Faults

7

7

67%

67%

1st in

56%

56%

56%

56%

1st won

53%

53%

37/66

37/66

1st won

32/60

32/60

45%

45%

2nd won

45%

45%

15/33

15/33

2nd won

21/47

21/47

-- Break Points --

7/17

7/17

Total

6/21

6/21

41%

41%

Won

29%

29%

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At the end of the match, Jessica scored 106 points vs. Alexandrova’s 100.

Pegula

Jessica won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 41% (7/17) of the procured opportunities.

Alexandrova

On the other side, the Russian had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 6/21). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pegula and Alexandrova is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Sofia Kenin – stats

Pegula will fight against Kenin in the final.

This will be the 6^th time that Jessica Pegula and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Pegula (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 7-6⁴ 6-3 in the 2^nd round in New York back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Pegula overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for the American to win the set as Ekaterina managed to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game.

Pegula failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 0.

An important stage of this set was when Jessica won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4^th game (4-0 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alexandrova converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6^th game (0-5 0-40).

They played 62 points. Jessica conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Russian (34-28). The American surrendered 13 points on serve (17-13). On the losing side, Ekaterina conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

Ekaterina in this set played at a much higher level than Jessica and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Jessica in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.

Pegula was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Alexandrova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jessica was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9^th game (1-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexandrova won just 3 more points than Pegula (31-28). Alexandrova lost 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

The American won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 6^th (2-4) game, The American broke back 3 times in the 5^th (2-3), in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

Jessica converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (1-3 30-40), the 7^th (2-4 0-40 and 15-40), the 9^th (4-4 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Ekaterina converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 more points than Alexandrova (44-41). Jessica surrendered 19 points on serve (19-19). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 25 points on serve (22-25).

Tennis Scores in Charleston

• Sofia KeninKenin – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (5-2 ret.)
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 2-6 7-5)

Upcoming matches

• Jessica PegulaPegula – Sofia KeninKenin (2-2) – H2H details and stats