Catherine Cartan Bellis shocks Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Lexington on Thursday in what was an all-American affair after playing a superlative match to face off with Jil Teichmann in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
Cartan Bellis had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Cartan Bellis to win the set as Jessica managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Cartan Bellis kept her focus to break Pegula in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Pegula was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Catherine converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Pegula converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 78 points. Cartan Bellis was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Pegula (43-35). Catherine surrendered 16 points on serve (22-16). On the other side, Pegula conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).
Catherine was much more effective than Jessica and consequently she won 6-2. Jessica broke Cartan Bellis 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, catherine broke her opponent in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).
Catherine was unable to break Jessica in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Cartan Bellis converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Catherine conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Jessica (35-22). Catherine dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
Catherine will add to her prize money $ 1,850 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 5,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, catherine will add $ 3,700 to her earnings to earn $ 8,700 in total.
Match Statistics
After this encounter, the head to head between Cartan Bellis and Pegula is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Catherine Cartan Bellis vs. Jil Teichmann – stats
Cartan Bellis will compete against Teichmann in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Catherine Cartan Bellis and Jil Teichmann since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Lexington
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Shelby RogersRogers (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
