Pegula victorious over Parrizas-Diaz in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula gets the better of Parrizas-Diaz to face Maria Sakkari in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz

Jessica Pegula defeats Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Pegula is going to play against Maria Sakkari in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pegula
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Pegula's Record

Jessica added to her prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Jessica will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Nuria Parrizas-Diaz Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Parrizas-Diaz
Jessica Pegula
7-63 6-2
1h:31
Nuria Parrizas-Diaz
67
67
Total points
58
58
24
24
Winners
20
20
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
25
25
Unforced
27
27
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
10/11
10/11
Net Approaches
4/8
4/8
91%
91%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
57%
57%
1st in
65%
65%
65%
65%
1st won
51%
51%
24/37
24/37
1st won
20/39
20/39
57%
57%
2nd won
62%
62%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
13/21
13/21
178
178
Fastest serve
165
165
162
162
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
128
128
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
2/7
2/7
57%
57%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 67 points vs. the Spaniard’s 58.

Pegula

Jessica was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).

Parrizas-Diaz

On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Parrizas-Diaz is 1-0 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari – stats

Pegula will fight against Sakkari in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-4 2-6 7-66 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2021.

Jessica Pegula Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Pegula won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Pegula broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-3.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Nuria won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 5th (2-3) point.

Pegula won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

Jessica converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Nuria converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, Jessica won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Jessica surrendered 19 points on serve (25-19). In addition, on the other side, Parrizas-Diaz conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

Pegula had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Nuria Parrizas-Diaz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Jessica managed to boost her lead after breaking Nuria in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

An important stage of this set was when Jessica won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Pegula converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. Pegula conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Parrizas-Diaz (26-17). Jessica dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Nuria conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

 

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