Jessica Pegula downs Yuan in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula gets the better of Yuan to come up against Petra Kvitova in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Yue Yuan

Jessica Pegula hustles Yue Yuan 6-2 6-7(6) 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Pegula will clash against Petra Kvitova in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Pegula
New York
Pegula's Record

Pegula added to her prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 278,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 167,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 445,000 in total.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Yue Yuan U.S. Open – New York

Pegula’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Yuan
Jessica Pegula
6-2 6-76 6-0
2h:03
Yue Yuan
97
97
Total points
59
59
36
36
Winners
32
32
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
25
25
Unforced
35
35
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
5/7
5/7
Net Approaches
6/8
6/8
71%
71%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
63%
63%
1st in
58%
58%
90%
90%
1st won
59%
59%
36/40
36/40
1st won
32/54
32/54
74%
74%
2nd won
44%
44%
17/23
17/23
2nd won
17/39
17/39
175
175
Fastest serve
180
180
150
150
AVG 1st Serve
152
152
122
122
AVG 2nd Serve
118
118
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
1/1
1/1
67%
67%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 97 points vs. Yuan’s 59.

Pegula

Jessica served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (36/40) behind her first serve, and she won 74% points (17/23) on her second serve. The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).

Yuan

On the other side, Yue was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Pegula will face Kvitova in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha back in 2021.

Jessica Pegula Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Jessica in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Yuan and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Yuan in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Yuan was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Pegula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 38 points. Jessica conquered the set after winning 14 more points than the Chinese (26-12). Pegula was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Yuan conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).

Yue won the set after she broke Pegula in the 4th (3-1) game. Jessica tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Chinese stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Yue won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Pegula won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Yuan was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40). The Chinese saved 4 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Jessica was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Chinese won this set even if she scored less points 5 than Pegula (42-47). Yue conceded 22 points on serve (37-22). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 5 points on serve (25-5).

The Chinese had no answers anymore and Jessica won the set 6-0.

The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Jessica didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 29 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than Yuan (24-5). The American was absolutely perfect on serve to drop just 1 point during her serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Yue conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

 

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