Jessica Pegula prevails over Katerina Siniakova 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Berlin on Saturday. Pegula will clash against Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Katerina Siniakova Berlin Ladies Open – Berlin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jessica scored 115 points vs. Siniakova’s 103.
Pegula
The American won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Siniakova
On the other side, the Czech was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Siniakova is 3-1 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Pegula will face Gauff in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Jessica Pegula and Cori Gauff face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but Gauff has a winning record of 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Cancun back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula won the set after she broke Siniakova in the 8th (5-3) game. Siniakova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Pegula stayed solid to conquer the set 7-6.
Jessica failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Jessica converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Katerina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).
They played 109 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jessica won just 3 points more than Siniakova (56-53). Jessica surrendered 14 points on serve (31-14). on the other side of the net, Siniakova conceded 25 points on serve (39-25).
Pegula took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set since Pegula found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Czech maintained her focus to break the American in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Czech was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Pegula was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 0-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 63 points. It’s worth to point out that, Siniakova won this set even if she scored less points 1 than the American (31-32). The Czech dropped 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, Pegula conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Pegula came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Katerina Siniakova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Pegula to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Pegula converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Pegula didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Katerina (26-19). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Katerina conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
Tennis Scores in Berlin
- Cori GauffGauff – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-69 ret.)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (7-62 3-6 6-3)
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-1 ret.)
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (3-1 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H details and stats