Madison Keys gets by Jessica Pegula 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the final in Adelaide on Saturday in what was an all-American encounter. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This is the second that Madison has won the tournament. Here, you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Jessica Pegula Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Keys scored 93 points vs. Pegula’s 73.
Keys
Keys blasted 10 aces and she committed 3 double faults. Keys won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Keys and Pegula is 2-1 for Madison.
This was the 10th career title for Madison. (see list of titles and finals). Pegula remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Keys conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Keys to win the set because Pegula succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Keys maintained her focus to break Pegula in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Madison failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Pegula was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Madison converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Jessica converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd
(1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 40-A).They played 65 points. Keys conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Pegula (37-28
). Madison dropped 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Jessica conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).Keys was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, there was more to do for Pegula to win the set as Keys found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
Jessica was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Keys was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 64 points. This set was so close that, Pegula won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Jessica surrendered 13 points on serve (22-13). On the other side, Keys conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Madison won the set after she broke Jessica in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Jessica was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Keys converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Keys didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Keys was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Jessica (24-13). Keys was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Pegula conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).