Jessica Pegula hustles Bernarda Pera 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday in what was an all-American affair. Pegula will seek to keep on going in this event against Katerina Siniakova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Jessica added to her prize money $ 11,030 after winning this match. She has already won $ 24,200 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 27,005 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Bernarda Pera Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
At the end of the match, Pegula scored 111 points vs. Pera’s 102.
Pegula
Jessica won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 29% (6/21) of the procured opportunities.
Pera
On the other side, Bernarda was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Pera is 2-0 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Katerina Siniakova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Pegula will square off with either Katerina Siniakova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round. The head to head is 2-1 vs. Katerina Siniakova and 1-0 vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula had a great start in this set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 1st game (1-0). However, Bernarda was not done to come back to break Pegula in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Bernarda failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Pegula lost the 4th game (2-2) when she was 40-0 up.
Bernarda was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Jessica was spot on in converting all her break points in the 0th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 97 points. Bernarda won 7 more points than Pegula (52-45). Bernarda surrendered 19 points on serve (29-19). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 23 points on serve (26-23).
Pegula in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Bernarda and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Bernarda in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Jessica won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
Jessica converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (5-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). On the other side, Pera was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Pegula won 15 points more than Bernarda (35-20). Pegula surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Bernarda conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
Pegula conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Bernarda Pera in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Jessica refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Bernarda in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Jessica converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Pera converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 61 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Jessica won just 1 point more than Bernarda (31-30). Pegula lost 16 points on serve (20-16). On the losing side, Pera conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Bernarda PeraPera (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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