Pegula powers past top seed Sabalenka to reach Berlin final, Noskova awaits

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Pegula[/a] ‌will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] in the final after the Czech eighth ‌seed ended the run of Filipino [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eala-alexandra/ppu9X7PH/"]Alexandra Eala[/a] ‌with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/eala-a-ppu9X7PH/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/?mid=8Yv0U77L"]a 6-2, 6-4 victory[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Sabalenka[/a], who exited the French ‌Open in the quarter-finals, struggled to find her ‌rhythm after a slow start, and Pegula took the opening set following an early break.[/p][p]After a rain delay, Sabalenka ‌took the second-set tiebreak before Pegula ⁠reasserted control [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/sabalenka-a-vyhksgUB/?mid=CC4A2q0L"]to race ‌through the decider.[/a][/p][embed guid="1da8e339-c1c8-44ac-87aa-6833a8e0aedc" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il6cKvP4qAw&pp=ygUDd3Rh" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]"I told myself after I ended up ​losing that second-set tiebreak that before the rain delay, I had a lot of momentum. ​She just hit a double fault. I felt like I kind of had it there, and I ⁠was serving well,"[/b] ​said 2024 Berlin champion Pegula.[/p][p]"I was in a good rhythm, and then having to get off court and losing that pretty quickly - only winning one point ‌in the tiebreak was a little tough.[/p][p][b]"But she's No. 1 in the world for a reason, and I feel like I gave her too many easy shots and she went for it, and that's just what happens."[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="d098caa8-0749-46ac-ab94-6c8ad2f4b72c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f6cb95bb-909d-48a5-9097-99217090d336" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]All four of the Belarusian's Grand Slam titles - her most recent at the 2025 US Open - have come on hard courts, and she ‌is still chasing a first Wimbledon crown after ​three semi-final runs.[/p][p]She lost this year's Australian Open ‌final to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a], a year after finishing runner-up to American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keys-madison/QwU996PK/"]Madison Keys[/a].[/p][p]Noskova made a dominant start, securing an early break to swiftly win the first set. Eala ran out of ideas ⁠in the second ⁠as Noskova secured the ‌win.[/p][embed guid="53d0e8fd-0070-429e-8ce7-62c1df9fe4af" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXtCXEVBqg&pp=ygUDd3Rh" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/?mid=63RqUjxK"]Follow the Berlin final with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]