Jessica Pegula, the second seed at the Doha tournament, advanced to the semifinals after defeating Beatrice Haddad Maia in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

Jessica Pegula, in the semifinals in Doha

After a nearly two-hour match against Jelena Ostapenko, Jessica Pegula (WTA 4) needed an hour and 27 minutes to overcome Beatrice Haddad Maia (WTA 12).

The athlete from the United States of America had a good match in the first match of her career against the Brazilian and did not have much difficulty in winning this dispute

If in the first set Beatrice Haddad Maya was more present in the attack, then in the second set Pegula solved everything in 38 minutes and thus qualified for the semi-finals.

In the next act of the competition, Jessica Pegula will meet the winner of the duel between Maria Sakkari (7 WTA) and Caroline Garcia (5 WTA).

The Qatar TotalEnergies Open (from Doha) runs from February 13 to 18 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category, has a total prize pool of $780,637, and the title is won by Iga Sviatek (title won in 2022).