Pakistan, Sept. 8 -- American Jessica Pegula clinched a resounding 6-3 6-4 win over Sorana Cirstea on Sunday to reach the US Open quarter-finals, as the Romanian player made her final Grand Slam appearance.

The 2024 runner-up kept alive her bid for a maiden major title, overcoming a resurgent Cirstea who had enjoyed a late-career renaissance, reaching a career-high top-20 ranking, before retiring at the end of the season.

There was little between the two on serve in a scrappy opening set, with only three holds between them. Pegula repeatedly handed Cirstea openings, including when she double-faulted while serving for the set, and then squandered four set points before finally converting the fifth as the 16th seed dropped serve again.

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