Jessica Pegula makes light work of Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-0 in the final in Montreal on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to win her 5th career title, the 3rd of this season. The match lasted just 49 minutes. This is the first time that Jessica conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
The American added $ 186,810 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 454,500 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Liudmila Samsonova Omnium Banque Nationale – Montreal
Pegula’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the American scored 51 points vs. the Russian’s 21.
Pegula
Jessica served very well to win 100% of the points (19/19) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (9/16) on her second serve. The American was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Samsonova
On the other side, Samsonova wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Samsonova is 3-1 for Jessica.
This was the 4th career title for the American. She won the previous title in Montreal. (see list of titles and finals). Samsonova remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Berlin 2021, in Washington 2022, in Cleveland 2022 and in Tokyo 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Pegula was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Ludmilla 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Ludmilla had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Samsonova (30-14). Pegula lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Samsonova conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Ludmilla lost her way in this set and Jessica won the set 6-0.
Pegula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 28 points. Pegula won 14 points more than the Russian (21-7). Jessica was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).
