Jessica Pegula grounds Sakkari in the 2nd round at the Adelaide International – ADELAIDE RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL - ADELAIDE DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula blitzes Sakkari to face Unknown Player in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Jessica Pegula thumps Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match to come up against Ashlyn Krueger in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Pegula's Record

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Sakkari
Jessica Pegula
6-4 6-1
1h:13
Maria Sakkari
60
60
Total points
45
45
17
17
Winners
18
18
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
61%
61%
1st in
63%
63%
61%
61%
1st won
49%
49%
17/28
17/28
1st won
18/37
18/37
56%
56%
2nd won
36%
36%
10/18
10/18
2nd won
8/22
8/22
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
Total
2/4
2/4
46%
46%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Jessica scored 60 points vs. Maria’s 45.

Pegula

Jessica won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, Maria was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Sakkari is 6-5 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Ashlyn Krueger – stats

Pegula will square off with Krueger in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Ashlyn Krueger square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Pegula 6-4
PegulaSakkari
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PegulaSakkari
6
4
15
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
PegulaSakkari
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PegulaSakkari
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PegulaSakkari
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
PegulaSakkari
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PegulaSakkari
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
PegulaSakkari
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
PegulaSakkari
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PegulaSakkari
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
PegulaSakkari
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Pegula didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Jessica managed to stage a great comeback to break the Greek 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).

Jessica failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of this set was when Pegula won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.

They contested 60 points. Pegula was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Sakkari (33-27). Pegula lost 12 points on serve (13-12). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).

2nd Set -
Pegula 6-1
PegulaSakkari
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PegulaSakkari
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaSakkari
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
PegulaSakkari
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PegulaSakkari
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
PegulaSakkari
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Pegula had a favorable start in this set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The American improved her lead after breaking Sakkari in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Jessica converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 5th (4-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sakkari was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 45 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Maria (27-18). Jessica conceded 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Maria conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

1st
Pegula
Sakkari
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Pegula
Sakkari
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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