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essica Pegula of the United States celebrates match point against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during their Women's Singles Semifinal match on Day Eleven of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 05, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. | AFP photo.

Jessica Pegula scripted an astonishing comeback ‘just in the nick of time’ to defeat Karolina Muchova on Thursday at the US Open and reach her first Grand Slam final, where she will take on big-hitting Aryna Sabalenka for the title.

The American world number six Pegula battled back from a set and a break down to record a gutsy 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over her 52nd-ranked opponent from the Czech Republic.