World primary Iga Swiatek misplaced 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 to Jessica Pegula within the semi-finals of the Canadian Open.
The match was disrupted within the second set tie-break when the Rednex novelty traditional Cotton Eye Joe started blaring out of the court docket audio system throughout play.
Reigning French and US Open champion Swiatek produced an error-strewn show in opposition to in opposition to the American.
“I felt like I used to be in management. It feels nice and there is no higher approach to earn it, proper?,” Pegula mentioned.
“She performed some actually nice tennis on the finish of the second set and within the third. So, she made me earn it.”
On the Cotton Eye Joe incident, Pegula added: “I simply thought it was humorous. I’ve by no means had that occur, not to mention with ‘Cotton-Eyed Joe.’
“I used to be, like, ‘Is that this actually taking place proper now?’ Of all of the songs. It was simply, like, what’s going on?”
Swiatek’s serve was damaged 11 instances by fourth-seed Pegula, who wrapped up victory over the 22-year-old Pole in two hours and half-hour in Montreal.
Pegula will face both third seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan or Russian Liudmila Samsonova in Sunday’s ultimate.
A chaotic first set opened with 5 straight breaks of serve earlier than Pegula lastly managed to carry to take a 4-2 lead.
The 29-year-old American backed it up with a break in opposition to the four-time Grand Slam winner earlier than she served for the set, closing it out with a shocking ace down the center of the court docket.
Pegula was heading in the right direction to win the second set when serving for the match at 5-4, just for Swiatek to power a tiebreak the place she rattled off 5 straight factors to stage the match to setup a decider.
With Pegula 4-3 up within the breaker, the sound of Cotton Eye Joe’s refrain inexplicably burst forth as Swiatek regarded set to complete off a smash, resulting in the purpose being replayed.
Swiatek then broke Pegula twice early within the ultimate set to take a 4-2 lead just for her service sport to unravel, permitting the world quantity three to tug stage.
A assured service sport put Pegula 5-4 forward and, on match level, Swiatek hit a forehand vast at hand her opponent a spot within the ultimate.