Poland's Iga Swiatek and Norway's Casper Ruud, two points away from a defeat, rallied to win the final six points and beat the United States' Jessica Pegula and Great Britain's Jack Draper 3-5, 5-3, 10-8 in the U.S. Open mixed doubles semifinals on Wednesday in New York.

Swiatek and Ruud, who were seeded third, will oppose the defending champions, Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, in the championship match later Wednesday. The Italian duo rolled past the U.S. pair of Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison 4-2, 4-2.

The event features first-to-four first and second sets, with a tiebreaker at 4-4 if necessary. The final set is replaced by a first-to-10 tiebreaker.

In the tiebreaker to end the first semifinal, Pegula and Draper, the event's top seeds, led 3-0 and 8-4, but they failed to w

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