Taylor Townsend upsets Pegula in the 2nd round to play vs Wang at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Townsend stuns Pegula to play Xiyu Wang in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula

Taylor Townsend upsets Jessica Pegula 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday in what was an all-American affair. Townsend will face off with Xiyu Wang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Townsend
Rome
Townsend's Record

Townsend added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Taylor will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.

Highlights Taylor Townsend vs. Jessica Pegula Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Townsend
Pegula
Taylor Townsend
6-2 3-6 6-3
1h:55
Jessica Pegula
93
93
Total points
75
75
39
39
Winners
32
32
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
69%
69%
1st in
56%
56%
72%
72%
1st won
64%
64%
39/54
39/54
1st won
32/50
32/50
58%
58%
2nd won
45%
45%
14/24
14/24
2nd won
18/40
18/40
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
2/3
2/3
40%
40%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Townsend scored 93 points vs. Pegula’s 75.

Townsend

Townsend won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Pegula

On the other side, Jessica was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Townsend and Pegula is 3-1 for Taylor.

Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Townsend vs. Xiyu Wang – stats

Townsend will play Wang in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Townsend and Xiyu Wang face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Townsend and Wang (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Townsend won 6-3 6-2 in the final in W100 Charleston back in 2022.

Taylor Townsend Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Townsend 6-2
TownsendPegula
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TownsendPegula
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendPegula
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
TownsendPegula
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
TownsendPegula
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
TownsendPegula
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendPegula
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendPegula
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TownsendPegula
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Townsend was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Taylor found the way to come back to break Jessica 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Jessica was completely knocked out in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.

Taylor converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jessica was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (2-1 15-40).

They played 53 points. Townsend was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Pegula (31-22). Townsend lost 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Pegula conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).

2nd Set -
Pegula 6-3
PegulaTownsend
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
PegulaTownsend
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PegulaTownsend
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PegulaTownsend
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaTownsend
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaTownsend
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PegulaTownsend
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PegulaTownsend
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PegulaTownsend
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jessica clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Pegula was unerring in converting all her break points in the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jessica didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 66 points. This set was so close that, Pegula won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Jessica surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Townsend conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

3rd Set -
Townsend 6-3
TownsendPegula
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TownsendPegula
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TownsendPegula
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
TownsendPegula
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TownsendPegula
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TownsendPegula
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TownsendPegula
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
TownsendPegula
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Townsend started the set strong after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Townsend to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Townsend converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. Townsend conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Jessica (29-20). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

1st
Townsend
Pegula
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Townsend
Pegula
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Townsend
Pegula
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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