Jessica Pegula too good for Marta Kostyuk 6-0 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a tremendous match to fight against Barbora Krejcikova in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Pegula added to her prize money $ 110,325 after winning this match. She has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 217,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Marta Kostyuk Australian Open – Melbourne
Pegula’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pegula scored 64
points vs. Marta’s 44.Pegula
Pegula served very well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 43% points (10/23) on her second serve. The American was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Kostyuk
On the other side, Kostyuk was battling in converting her break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Kostyuk is 2-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Pegula will square off with Krejcikova in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set because the American conceded no games to Marta before winning the set 6-0.
They contested 53 points. The American conquered the set after winning 19 points more than the Ukrainian (36-17). Pegula lost 7 points on serve (16-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Kostyuk conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).
Jessica was too strong for the Ukrainian and consequently she won 6-2
. Kostyuk broke Pegula 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Pegula broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).A crucial moment of this set was when Pegula won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
They contested 54 points. Jessica was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Kostyuk (34-20). Pegula lost 7 points on serve (19-7). On the losing side, Kostyuk conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Kateryna BaindlBaindl (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-2 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Madison KeysKeys (1-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-63 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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