{"id":404020,"date":"2026-01-10T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404020\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:54:09","slug":"brisbane-international-tennis-2026-jessica-pegula-defeated-by-marta-kostyuk-semi-final-result-comments-aryna-sabalenka-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404020\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane International Tennis 2026 | Jessica Pegula defeated by Marta Kostyuk, semi-final result, comments, Aryna Sabalenka final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessica Pegula has played a match she will likely want to forget after being dismissed in straight sets by Marta Kostyuk in the semi finals at the Brisbane International.<\/a><\/p>\n

The world No.6 looked comfortable as she stepped out to warm up on the court at Pat Rafter Arena, but her game plan took a rapid turn within minutes of the match starting.<\/p>\n

It took just 10 minutes for two greats of the game to admit their surprise at the world No.6’s performance, with Kostyuk snatching a 4-0 lead in just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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\"Jessica<\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula reacts after losing a point.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

By the 20th minute, the first set was complete, with the Ukrainian winning 6-0.<\/p>\n

“It’s like watching a video game … she is technically so sound. It is almost perfection,” Australian great Jelena Dokic said of Kostyuk in commentary on Nine. <\/p>\n

“Sometimes you can almost have a drop in intensity or concentration, but to lose a set 6-love, you’ve really got to be dialled in.”<\/p>\n

Todd Woodbridge added in awe: “Taking a set against the world No.6 no less [is impressive].”<\/p>\n

The Aussie tennis summer kicks off with the 2026 United Cup from Friday, January 2. Watch it live and free on Nine and 9Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The same pattern followed into the second set, with Kostyuk soaring to a 3-0 lead with just another 10 minutes going by on the clock.<\/p>\n

Kostyuk’s mindset was in no way rattled by her comfortable lead, much to the joy of Dokic, who noted how hard that is to do.<\/p>\n

“The mindset around it, when you are winning so easily … to keep going and not let the intensity drop, that is so hard to do. She is dialled in,” she said.<\/p>\n

\"Marta<\/p>\n

Marta Kostyuk celebrates after winning the first set.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“She must have an early dinner reservation,” Dokic added.<\/p>\n

Woodbridge replied: “Or maybe even a late lunch.”<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until the 36th minute that Pegula finally got a game on the board, but it did not come without a true fight against the world No.26.<\/p>\n

Still, Kostyuk fired back in style to add another game to her tally, leaving Pegula looking to her box for some sort of support.<\/p>\n

Pegula did manage to get two more games onto the board next to her name, but that was not enough to ensure that her opponent would not book a spot in the final.<\/p>\n

By the 54th minute, Kostyuk had won the match 6-0, 6-3.<\/p>\n

Kostyuk will now face world No.1 and reigning Brisbane International champion Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> in the women’s final on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessica Pegula has played a match she will likely want to forget after being dismissed in straight sets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-404020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}