
Elina Svitolina overcomes Jessica Pegula 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Elina added to her prize money $ 86,100 after winning this match. She has already won $ 189,625 after this win. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add $ 143,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 333,125 in total.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 97 points vs. the American’s 81.
Svitolina
Elina won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Pegula is 3-5 for Jessica.
Elina 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 53 points vs. ‘s 36 points.
Live score progression and stats
Svitolina had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for the American to win the set as Elina found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The American kept her focus to break Elina in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).
The Ukrainian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Svitolina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Pegula won just 3 more points than Elina (46-43). Pegula surrendered 17 points on serve (26-17). on the other side of the court, Elina conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).
Svitolina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Svitolina reinforced her lead after breaking Pegula in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Jessica was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Elina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jessica wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 49 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the American (30-19). The Ukrainian surrendered 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the court, Jessica conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Svitolina got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for Svitolina to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. The Ukrainian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Jessica (24-16). Elina lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 7 points on serve (9-7).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-1 6-1)
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