Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro were favorites to reach the finals of the tournament in San Diego, but both were eliminated in the penultimate act of the WTA 500 competition.

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Katie Boulter – Marta Kostyuk in the final of the WTA tournament in San Diego

In the first match of the day, Katie Boulter (49 ATP) clearly defeated Emma Navarro (26 WTA / favorite 3), score 6-3, 6-1. It was the first meeting between the two players, which lasted an hour and a half.

The main favorite of the American tournament Jessica Pegula (5th WTA) lost to Ukrainian Marty Kostyuk (34th WTA / 6th seed) after an hour and 36 minutes of play with a score of 7-6(4), 6-1.

This will be the second final for both Boulter (champion of Nottingham-2023) and Kostyuk (winner of Austin-2023).

Katie and Marta have never met before in WTA tournaments.

The result of the match Kostyuk – Pegula:

The result of the match between Boulter and Navarro:

Cymbiotica San Diego Open is a WTA 500 category tournament that will be held from February 26 to March 3. It is held on a hard surface, has a total prize fund of $922,573, and previous editions were won by Iga Svyatek (2022) and Barbor Krejcikova (2023).