Jessica Pegula aces Naomi Osaka 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Wednesday. Pegula will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Jessica added to her prize money € 6,209 after conquering this match. She has won already € 16,935 after this win. If she wins the next match, Jessica will add € 16,533 to her earnings to get in total € 33,468 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Naomi Osaka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pegula scored 74 points vs. Naomi’s 64.
Pegula
The American was effective when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Osaka
On the other side, the Japanese was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Osaka is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Pegula will compete against Alexandrova in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Pegula succeeded in coming back to break Osaka in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Japanese won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Jessica was in much better shape than the Japanese and finally she won 6-2. The Japanese broke the American 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, Pegula broke her opponent in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to win the set (6-2).
Pegula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Jessica was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Japanese (30-18). The American conceded 8 points on serve (15-8). on the other side of the net, Osaka conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Serena WilliamsWilliams (7-66 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Madison KeysKeys (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jennifer BradyBrady (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Naomi OsakaOsaka (7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-2 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-1 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Simona HalepHalep (1-6 3-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (5-6) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Angelique KerberKerber (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats