Jessica Pegula too good for Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Austin on Friday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Ajla Tomljanovic in the semifinal. The match lasted just 58 minutes.

Austin
Pegula's Record

Pegula added to her prize money $ 5,155 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,970 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 9,514 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,484.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova ATX Open – Austin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Blinkova
6-2 6-2
0h:58
59
59
Total points
34
34
20
20
Winners
11
11
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
57%
57%
1st in
49%
49%
77%
77%
1st won
48%
48%
20/26
20/26
1st won
11/23
11/23
55%
55%
2nd won
33%
33%
11/20
11/20
2nd won
8/24
8/24
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
1/1
1/1
71%
71%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 59 points vs. Blinkova’s 34.

Pegula

The American served extremely well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (11/20) on her second serve. Jessica was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).

Blinkova

On the other side, Blinkova was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Blinkova is 4-1 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats

Pegula will play Tomljanovic in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Ajla Tomljanovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Pegula and Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 7-66 6-3 in the R in Australia back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

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

Pegula overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Jessica to win the set since Blinkova found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The American kept her cool to break Blinkova in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Jessica was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). On the other side, Blinkova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-4 15-40).

They played 42 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 20 points more than Anna (31-11). Jessica dropped 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Anna conceded 18 points on serve (5-18).

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

Pegula had a strong start of this set after breaking Anna Blinkova in the 2nd

game (2-0). That break turned to be decisive for the American to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.

Blinkova lost the 5th game (4-1) when she was 40-0 up.

The American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jessica didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Pegula was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Anna (28-23). Pegula lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Anna conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

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

Tennis Scores in Austin

  • Mccartney KesslerKessler – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (5-7 6-4 6-1)
  • Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (7-5 3-6 7-68)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 6-2)

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