Jessica Pegula prevails over Claire Liu 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in Seoul on Friday in what was an all-American match. Pegula will square off with Yanina Wickmayer in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Claire Liu Hana Bank Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pegula scored 108 points vs. Claire’s 90.
Pegula
Pegula won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Liu
On the other side, Claire was not so effective in converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Liu is 1-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Yanina Wickmayer – stats
Pegula will fight against Wickmayer in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Yanina Wickmayer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Claire Liu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Liu to win the set as Jessica found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Claire maintained her cool to break Pegula in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Liu failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Claire was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Jessica was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40), the 9th (3-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Claire won just 3 points more than Pegula (45-42). Liu surrendered 20 points on serve (21-20). On the other side, Pegula conceded 24 points on serve (22-24).
Pegula had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Claire Liu in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Pegula to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Pegula failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Pegula converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Liu was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 70 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Liu (39-31). Jessica conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, Claire conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Liu was totally subdued and Jessica won the set 6-0.
Claire surrendered the 6th game (6-0) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
Jessica converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, Pegula didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. Jessica won 12 points more than Liu (26-14). Pegula was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (10-4). on the other side of the court, Claire conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Emina BektasBektas – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Claire LiuLiu (4-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yue YuanYuan – Emina BektasBektas (0-1) – H2H details and stats