Jessica Pegula gave america the proper begin to their United Cup semi-final in opposition to Poland with a 6-2 6-2 victory over world primary Iga Swiatek within the opening singles rubber on Friday.
Swiatek was solely capable of maintain her serve as soon as within the first set as Pegula raced out to a 5-0 lead and the American world quantity three saved up the stress with some sensible returns within the second set.
Pegula secured a dominant victory that will even give her a private enhance heading into this month’s Australian Open when Swiatek despatched a forehand huge after little greater than an hour on Ken Rosewall Enviornment.
“I believed I did a very good job enjoying actually aggressive, serving sensible and returning rather well,” mentioned Pegula, who had misplaced her earlier 4 matches in opposition to Swiatek.
Frances Tiafoe shall be trying to give the Individuals a 2-0 lead when he later takes on Kacper Zuk, whereas Maria Sakkari shall be in motion within the night session when Greece tackle Italy within the different semi-final on the blended workforce event.