Jessica Pegula aces Anna Blinkova 6-1 2-6 6-2 in the quarter in San Diego on Friday. Pegula will fight against Marta Kostyuk or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Jessica added to her prize money $ 26,295 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,205 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 36,450 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,655.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jessica scored 76 points vs. Anna’s 60.
Pegula
Pegula didn’t lose the focus when converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10).
Blinkova
On the other side, Anna was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Blinkova is 3-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Marta Kostyuk or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Pegula will take on either Marta Kostyuk or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semifinal. The head to head is 2-0 vs. Marta Kostyuk and 2-0 vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula was too strong to drop only 1 game before breaking the Russian 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Blinkova was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Jessica converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Pegula conquered the set after winning 18 points more than Blinkova (32-14). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
The Russian was too good for Jessica and without struggling too much she won 6-2. The American broke the Russian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, Blinkova broke her opponent in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
Anna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Jessica was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 9th game (1-6 0-40).
They played 46 points. Blinkova was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the American (28-18). Blinkova lost 11 points on serve (9-11). In addition, on the other side, Pegula conceded 19 points on serve (7-19).
Pegula took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Pegula to win the set as Anna managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American maintained her cool to break the Russian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Pegula was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Blinkova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 44 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Anna (26-18). Jessica conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 2-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Daria SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H details and stats