Jessica Pegula outlasts Anastasia Potapova 4-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the quarter in Miami on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Pegula will clash against Elena Rybakina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. She has already won $ 352,635 up to now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 309,725 to her earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Anastasia Potapova Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:36
At the end of the match, the American scored 116 points vs. Anastasia’s 113.
Pegula
The American was effective at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (8/14).
Potapova
On the other side, Anastasia wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 41% – 7/17). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Potapova is 4-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Pegula will take on Rybakina in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 2-6 6-3 7-68 in the 2nd round in Guadalajara back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Russian managed to stage a good comeback to break Jessica 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Potapova won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
Anastasia was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).
They played 76 points. Anastasia conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Jessica (41-35). The Russian dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Pegula overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the American found the way to come back to break the Russian 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Certainly, a key moment was when Pegula won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
Jessica was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Anastasia converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 64 points. Jessica won 8 points more than the Russian (36-28). Pegula conceded 16 points on serve (22-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Pegula overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Pegula to win the set because Potapova managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Pegula kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
Nevertheless also Potapova won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
Tiebreak
Pegula won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Russian won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
Jessica won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Jessica converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). In addition on the other side, Anastasia converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the American won just 1 point more than Anastasia (45-44). The American lost 18 points on serve (16-18). In addition, on the other side, Potapova conceded 29 points on serve (26-29).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-6 6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
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