Jessica Pegula hustles Yue Yuan 6-2 6-7(6) 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Pegula will clash against Petra Kvitova in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Pegula added to her prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 278,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 167,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 445,000 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Yue Yuan U.S. Open – New York
Pegula’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 97 points vs. Yuan’s 59.
Pegula
Jessica served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (36/40) behind her first serve, and she won 74% points (17/23) on her second serve. The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).
Yuan
On the other side, Yue was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Yuan is 1-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Petra Kvitova – stats
Pegula will face Kvitova in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Jessica in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Yuan and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Yuan in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Yuan was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Pegula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Jessica conquered the set after winning 14 more points than the Chinese (26-12). Pegula was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Yuan conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Yue won the set after she broke Pegula in the 4th (3-1) game. Jessica tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Chinese stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.
Tiebreak
Yue won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Pegula won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Yuan was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40). The Chinese saved 4 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Jessica was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Chinese won this set even if she scored less points 5 than Pegula (42-47). Yue conceded 22 points on serve (37-22). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 5 points on serve (25-5).
The Chinese had no answers anymore and Jessica won the set 6-0.
The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Jessica didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 29 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than Yuan (24-5). The American was absolutely perfect on serve to drop just 1 point during her serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Yue conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
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- Ons JabeurJabeur – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-1) – H2H details and stats