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Pegula 1-0 Muchova; Cincinnati Open second round - Pegula won 5-7 6-4 6-2.
Alicja Rosolska & Lukasz Kubot (POL) take on Jessica Pegula & Taylor Fritz (USA) in the semi-finals of the 22/23 United Cup at Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney.
But players including Pegula, Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka and Belinda Bencic have been in strong form in the opening fortnight of the season.
Even as Pegula built some confidence by creating angles off the Azarenka serve, the momentum was harder to seize – just as the Belarusian had planned.
If the surprising distraction took either of the players off their game, it was Pegula, as the world No. 1 Swiatek battled back to win the tiebreaker 7-4 as the top-ranked American wouldn’t score another point following the incident with the song.
In these days of wild social media, she even had to shut down rumours that Kim Pegula had passed.
Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys are also skipping Adelaide 2.0 after the United States qualified for the United Cup final.
Jessica Pegula eases past Barbora Krejcikova to seal.
Jessica Pegula has beaten US Open champion Coco Gauff 6-2 6-1 to reach the title match at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, where she will next face either world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek.
Jessica Pegula has started her U.S. Open campaign on a high, looking to go deep into a major.
Monday’s action saw Świątek, the No. 1 seed, Jessica Pegula, the No. 3 seed, and Ons Jabeur, the No. 5 seed, all exit the tournament, leaving Gauff and No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka as the two highest remaining seeds left in the women’s draw.
Pegula, 29, broke the 26th-seeded Svitolina’s serve to go ahead in that last set and never looked back, advancing to the fourth round for just the second time in Flushing.
Pegula and Fritz then won the final mixed doubles match to wrap up the 4-1 U.S. win.
Pegula’s confidence is generated by the persistence she showed during her early 20s, when she spent a year rehabbing from knee surgery and three years later a year rehabbing from hip surgery rather than being on the court.
Pegula was the fourth seed at the competition this year, but she was as high as world No.2 earlier this year.
Sabalenka finished second in her group, behind the unbeaten Pegula.
The 29-year-old Pegula particularly struggled against the versatility of Mertens, who ran her ragged with some delightful sliced forehands, drops, lobs and deep shots to breeze through the match in 82 minutes.
The first-come-first-served seats on the smaller courts with general admission access begin to fill long before she and her doubles partner, Jessica Pegula, take the court.
The women's No. 3 seed, Jessica Pegula, also moved on quickly with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Camila Giorgi.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek successfully defended her Qatar Open title after beating No. 4-ranked Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the final in Doha, Qatar.