Emma Raducanu surprises Jessica Pegula 4-6 7-6(6) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday. Raducanu will have to play Daria Kasatkina in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes.
Emma added to her prize money $ 11,320 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 24,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, Emma will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Emma Raducanu vs. Jessica Pegula Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Raducanu’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Emma scored 111 points vs. Pegula’s 110.
Raducanu
Emma was pretty good at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula had some problems converting her break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Raducanu and Pegula is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Raducanu vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Raducanu will play Kasatkina in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Emma Raducanu and Daria Kasatkina play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Kasatkina won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Raducanu took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Jessica to win the set as the Brit succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Jessica kept her focus to break Raducanu in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Pegula was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Raducanu was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 65 points. Jessica was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Raducanu (38-27). Jessica conceded 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the net, Emma conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
Raducanu conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for the Brit to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.
Emma converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). On the other side, Pegula was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Raducanu won just 2 points more than Jessica (45-43). Raducanu lost 16 points on serve (29-16). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Raducanu won the set after she broke Jessica 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Pegula tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Raducanu refused to give way to win the set 7-5.
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.
Raducanu converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Pegula converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (2-5 0-40 and 15-40), the 9th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 68 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Jessica (38-30). Emma conceded 16 points on serve (20-16). On the other side, Jessica conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
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