Jessica Pegula prevails over Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Charleston on Thursday. Pegula will square off with Paula Badosa Gibert in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2013, 2019 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Irina-Camelia Begu Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:30
At the end of the match, Jessica scored 102 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 89.
Pegula
Jessica was well focused in converting 58% of the break points that she conquered (7/12).
Begu
On the other side, Begu was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (6/12). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Begu is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Pegula will fight against Badosa Gibert in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Jessica Pegula and Paula Badosa Gibert play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 4-1 ret. in the quarter in Miami back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Irina-Camelia Begu in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the American to win the set since Begu succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game. The American maintained her focus to break the Romanian in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Romanian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The American converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Begu converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 78 points. Jessica was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Romanian (43-35). Pegula surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).
Pegula had a great start in this set after breaking Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, Begu found the way to come back to break Jessica 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Romanian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Pegula was completely outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-4 to 6-4.
The Romanian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (1-4 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (4-1 40-A).
They contested 65 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the American (37-28). Irina-Camelia dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
Pegula started the set in the best possible way after breaking Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, Pegula was not done to come back to break Begu 3 times in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Begu was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-4 to 6-4.
Jessica converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-4 30-40), the 5th (1-4 0-40), the 6th (2-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Begu was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (4-1 30-40).
They played 48 points. Jessica was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Begu (31-17). Jessica dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). On the losing side, Begu conceded 15 points on serve (6-15).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (4-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-3) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (8-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H details and stats
