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Adrenaline from cheering crowd helped Pegula fight back in US Open

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NEW YORK : The cheering home crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium filled Jessica Pegula with adrenaline as she fought back from a first-set loss to beat Karolina Muchova in the U.S.

Open semi-finals on Thursday, the American sixth seed said.Pegula was trailing 2-0 in the second set before she snatched the momentum from her Czech opponent to win 1-6 6-4 6-2 and qualify for her first major final."I think the crowd really helped me get some adrenaline into me...

I think I was just very, very flat. I wasn't even nervous," Pegula told reporters."At the end of the first she was playing some extremely high level so I just had no rhythm...

holding that game, I was able to just find some adrenaline and get my legs under me. You know, just try and chase down every single ball that I could."The 30-year-old said she was more nervous before facing world number one Iga Swiatek in the quarter-finals, a match she won in straight sets."Today I was just, like, whatever.

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