Jessica Pegula dispatches Veronika Kudermetova 6-7(9) 6-1 6-2 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Sunday. Pegula will clash against Paula Badosa in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 41,900 after winning this match. She has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 84,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Veronika Kudermetova China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Pegula scored 106 points vs. the Russian’s 84.
Pegula
The American was effective at converting 78% of the break points that she procured (7/9).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Veronika had a tough time converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Kudermetova is 1-2 for Veronika.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Paula Badosa – stats
Pegula will face Badosa in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Paula Badosa square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Jessica was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 54 points vs. Badosa’s 37 points.
Live score progression and stats
Kudermetova won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Veronika broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game to conquer the set 7-6.
A defining moment of this set was when Veronika won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2. Anyhow also the American won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Veronika was unerring in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 99 points. It’s worth to point out that, Veronika won this set even if she scored less points 3 than the American (48-51). The Russian dropped 32 points on serve (31-32). In addition, on the other side, Jessica conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Jessica was far too good to concede only 1 game before breaking Kudermetova 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Kudermetova was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Pegula converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 5th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Veronika was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 49 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Veronika (29-20). Pegula surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Jessica in this set didn’t concede much to Veronika and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Veronika in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Pegula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Veronika wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 42 points. Jessica was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Russian (27-15). Jessica lost 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-79 6-1 6-2)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (7-5 7-5)
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3)
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (0-6 6-3 6-4)
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