TENNIS: Rybakina rallies past Pegula to reach Miami semi-finals

Elena Rybakina came from a set down to defeat Jessica Pegula 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Miami Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, advancing to the last four of the WTA 1000 event for the third time.

After a slow start at Hard Rock Stadium, the world number two claimed her fifth straight victory over Pegula, following wins earlier this season at the Australian Open and Indian Wells.

"It's always very difficult matches with Jessica," Rybakina said in her on-court interview. "She started playing well, and I was a bit rushing and frustrated, but I'm happy that I managed to bounce back and turn it around in the second set. Couple times I got lucky. I was trying to come a little bit more to the net. Jessica plays very fast and sometimes short, so it was not easy to just stay back. I had to adapt a little bit."

Rybakina will next face either Hailey Baptiste or world number one Aryna Sabalenka, against whom she lost in the Indian Wells final earlier this month.

-Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico; editing by Pritha Sarkar/Reuters