Jessica Pegula tops Emma Raducanu 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the quarter in Miami on Wednesday. Pegula is going to play against Alexandra Eala in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Pegula added to her prize money $ 143,085 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 332,160 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Pegula will add $ 265,730 to her earnings to get in total $ 597,890.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Raducanu Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:25
At the end of the match, the American scored 105 points vs. Raducanu’s 90.
Pegula
Jessica won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Raducanu
On the other side, Emma was struggling when converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Pegula and Raducanu is 2-1 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Alexandra Eala – stats
Pegula will square off with Eala in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Pegula converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. Jessica was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Brit (37-30). The American surrendered 6 points on serve (22-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Raducanu conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Raducanu won the set after she broke Pegula in the 4th (3-1) game. Pegula tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Emma managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
The Brit was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Pegula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 88 points. This set was so close that, Raducanu won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Brit lost 11 points on serve (25-11). On the other side, Jessica conceded 19 points on serve (33-19).
Pegula had a strong start of this set after breaking Emma Raducanu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the Brit in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Pegula converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Raducanu wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 40 points. Jessica was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than the Brit (25-15). Jessica was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-4 6-73 6-2)
- Alexandra EalaEala – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 7-5)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Magda LinetteLinette (6-3 6-2)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
