US Open tennis 2026 women’s semi-finals: Sabalenka v Pegula, Gauff v Rybakina – live
Meet the US Open’s fascinating ambidextrous talent Tiafoe v Shelton semi-final a legacy of departing Monfils Get in touch! Email Ella with any thoughts This is the first time since 1975 (!!!) that the top four seeds will appear in the US Open women’s semi-finals. Fifty-one years ago, Billie Jean King was the reigning champion, and the tournament was being played on clay for the first time after years on grass. (It switched to hardcourt three years later.)
Those semi-finals were Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova and Virginia Wade v Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Evert, the top seed, would beat the fourth-seeded Cawley for her first US Open title.
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