Jessica Pegula comes from set down again to book place in Charleston semi-finals

[p]Defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Pegula[/a] has lost the first set in all three matches so far, but again dug deep to maintain her hopes of retaining the title.[/p][p]The world number five from the United States took two hours and 10 minutes to defeat 19th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shnaider-diana/028BdVOj/"]Shnaider[/a], relying on a formidable service game that included eight aces.[/p][p]Shnaider battled well in the first two sets, and broke early for a 2-0 lead in the final set, before losing six straight games.[/p][p]Pegula, chasing her second tournament victory of the year after winning the title in Dubai in February, will face the winner of the quarter-final between fourth-seeded fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Iva Jovic[/a] and Russian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kalinskaya-anna/KGdcQnEf/"]Anna Kalinskaya[/a].[/p][embed guid="0e7bce62-dd24-4506-8d65-b4e9411d63bc" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2040117658431955289" social-type="twitter" /][p]Swiss third seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bencic-belinda/ObGlDvu0/"]Belinda Bencic[/a] and fifth-seeded American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keys-madison/QwU996PK/"]Madison Keys[/a] are among the possible final opponents lurking on the other side of the draw.[/p][p]Despite a first-round bye, Pegula has clocked up nine sets and more than seven hours on court so far. She has won nine of 10 matches this year that have gone to a deciding third set.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/pegula-j-KdojxrAR/shnaider-d-028BdVOj/?mid=n3xo5zcR"]Check out the full match summary here[/a][/b].[/p]