Faced with her compatriot Ann Li, Jessica Pegula only dropped three games to validate her place in the quarterfinals of the US Open in less than an hour.
Jessica Pegula was not decided to waste time. At the opening of the knockout stages of the Simple Ladies of the US Open, the American has swelled her compatriot Ann Li in a one -way match. From the first exchanges, the world number 4 took an ascendant which resulted in a station wagon as soon as the first game concluded. After confirming by winning its white service, the native of Buffalo dug the gap by going to take a second time the commitment of the 58th player in the WTA ranking.
The latter then reacted to pride to erase one of her two delay breaks but her counter was then blocked. Indeed, in the process, Jessica Pegula again stuck the addition before going to conclude this first round in the second set ball on the service of Ann Li. The start of the second round then experienced a completely different course. If Jessica Pegula only abandoned only a point on her first two service games, she saw Ann Li stand up to stay in contact.
Pegula while control
A beautiful attitude that did not last very long. Stourning when the opportunity arose, the seeded number 4 of the tournament only needed a break ball to take orders on the display board. A gap that the American could have increased if she had experienced the same success on the occasion of double break obtained in the sixth game. It was only awarded. Indeed, after having kept her service to lead five games to two, Jessica Pegula did not wait to hire to seal the fate of the game.
On a final white game won over Ann Li’s engagement, the world number 4 validated his ticket for the quarter-finals without ever trembling and before the chronometer indicated an hour of match (6-1, 6-2 in 55 minutes. She will face for a place in the last square Barbora Krejcikova or his compatriot Taylor Townsend.
