Aryna Sabalenka vs Jessica Pegula — SF — Berlin Tennis Open

Four and a half hours, three sets, and the return game decided it: Pegula converted 4 of 16 break points to Sabalenka's 1 of 7, and won 31% of her return games to the world No. 1's 7%. Sabalenka clawed level by edging the second-set tiebreak 7-4 after stealing the break in game two, but the decider was a rout — Pegula broke in games two, four, and six, lost zero points behind her own first serve (100%), and dropped Sabalenka to love. One double fault all match against Sabalenka's seven told the cleaner story. It's only Pegula's second win in seven tries against Sabalenka, and their first meeting on grass.