Rybakina reached the semifinals of the Miami Open with a great comeback against Pegula

Elena Rybakina (2nd in the WTA ranking) demonstrated her hierarchy in decisive moments: after falling in the first set, the Kazakh reacted with authority and beat Jessica Pegula (5th) by 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4 to get into the semifinals of the Miami Open 2026.

The match began with absolute dominance by Pegulawho with 85% of points won with the first serve and a precise tactical reading, broke Rybakina’s serve on two occasions to close the set 6-2 in just 35 minutes.

However, The world number 2 adjusted her position on the baseline and began to vary the depth of his blows to match the story. The third set had a quick break from the Kazakh to mark the way to the hard-fought victory on the center court after 2 hours and 14 minutes of play.

With this victory, Rybakina maintains her perfect record this year against Pegula by also defeating her in the semifinals of the Australian Open, on her way to consecration in Melbourne, and the quarterfinals of Indian Wells, which increases the record to 6-3 in nine matches.

Rybakina, finalist in 2023 and 2024 in Miami, she wants to be in the great definition again and for that she will clash again against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (1st), who defeated the host Hailey Baptiste (45th) by double 6-4 and recently beat her in the Indian Wells final.

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