US Open: World No 1 Iga Swiatek to face Jessica Pegula in quarterfinals

Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the US Open after a 6-4 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament.

Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career and this next one will come against No 1 Iga Swiatek.

The No. 6-seeded Pegula, an American whose parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres, is on quite a run at the moment, having won 13 of her past 14 matches, all on hard courts. That included her second consecutive title in Canada and an appearance in the final at the Cincinnati Open, where she lost to No 2 Aryna Sabalenka.

"I feel like there's been more pressure this year, because I did so well coming into this tournament," said the 30-year-old Pegula, the oldest woman left in the field on Monday.

"I want to keep working my way and hopefully bringing my best tennis for the later rounds this time."

Swiatek was tied at 4-all with No 16 Liudmila Samsonova on Monday night bef