{"id":112913,"date":"2026-06-20T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/112913\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:19:16","slug":"sabalenka-loses-deciding-set-6-0-to-pegula-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/112913\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabalenka loses deciding set 6-0 to Pegula in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aryna Sabalenka lost another deciding set without winning a game as an impressive Jessica Pegula beat the world number one to reach the Berlin Open final.<\/p>\n

Belarusian Sabalenka never looked settled against Pegula, who recovered from losing a tight second set to come through 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-0.<\/p>\n

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American Pegula had lost five of her past six matches against Sabalenka but her flat shots and superb return of serve anchored her performance this time around.<\/p>\n

For Sabalenka it is another disappointing deciding-set performance, having lost the third set of her French Open quarter-final 6-0 after squandering a set and double break lead.<\/p>\n

Pegula had fought back from 5-2 down in the second set to force a tie-break and led 3-1 before rain delayed play for an hour.<\/p>\n

When they returned, Sabalenka won six of the next seven points to force a deciding set – only for Pegula to dominate the top seed.<\/p>\n

“She came out and ripped a bunch of winners and I told myself ‘I guess I wanted to win in the hard way anyway’,” Pegula, 32, said.<\/p>\n

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“I don’t get super emotional. People used to tell me when I was younger that I need to yell more and jump up and down.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, it feels like a waste of energy to me. I just try to be myself.”<\/p>\n

Pegula will face either Czech Linda Noskova or Alexandra Eala of the Philippines in Sunday’s final.<\/p>\n

While she was not as error-strewn as Paris, Sabalenka once again could not stop the match running away from her.<\/p>\n

She finished with 41 unforced errors to Pegula’s 25, while nine double faults and a first-serve percentage of 62% did not help her.<\/p>\n

She will be among the favourites at Wimbledon, which begins on 29 June – but she has still only beaten a top-10 player once in five attempts on a grass court.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, Emma Navarro continued her recent good form to reach the Nottingham Open final against Marie Bouzkova.<\/p>\n

American Navarro was inside the world’s top 10 in 2024 but lost nine of her first 13 matches this year.<\/p>\n

After taking a break for health struggles, Navarro won the Strasbourg Open in May and is now into a second final of the season, having beaten Swiss Viktorija Golubic 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.<\/p>\n

Czech Bouzkova beat compatriot and former world number one Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-1 to reach her first grass-court singles final.<\/p>\n

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