Pegula wins rollercoaster battle with Anisimova to make Cincinnati Open semi-finals

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anisimova-amanda/nwkutKbi/"]Anisimova[/a] quickly found ‌herself 3-1 down in the first ‌set but clawed her way back, trailing ‌5-4 before world number three [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Pegula[/a] fired ‌off a love hold to win the set in 34 minutes.[/p][embed guid="e05e9da0-0c97-43cd-83da-63a651bda93b" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2090496211979477007" social-type="twitter" /][p]Anisimova began the second ‌set with more confidence and ⁠control, winning ‌her first break point in the second game ​and quickly establishing a 3-0 lead before Pegula took a medical timeout, ​resulting in a short delay to the match.[/p][p]Pegula returned to the court and was ⁠swiftly broken ​before taking the next two games. Although ninth seed Anisimova broke Pegula to win the set, her control appeared to ‌be faltering heading into the decider.[/p][embed guid="4cf1a5df-4acf-4599-9730-fb0a8e4db53a" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2090506633113645396" social-type="twitter" /][p]Momentum started to swing Pegula's way as she won three straight games to open the third set, breaking twice.[/p][p]Anisimova regained her composure and refused to fade away, erasing a 5-3 deficit to lead 6-5 before Pegula brought the set level ‌and dug deep to win the tiebreak.[/p][p]Anisimova ​showed great fight throughout the match ‌but ended the day with 56 unforced errors.[/p][p]In the semis, Pegula faces either seventh-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] or second seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a], who are scheduled ⁠to play ⁠later on Thursday.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/anisimova-a-nwkutKbi/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/?mid=KS03RYT9"]Click here for more on the match[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="b1f0217a-ca37-4314-a334-fcbcdc8f8190" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e90f5e31-51c2-47e8-a9da-9d88b8c0c77e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]