
Moyuka Uchijima shocks Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday after playing a tremendous match to square off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Uchijima added to her prize money € 37,520 after conquering this match. She has already won € 90,445 after this win. If she wins the next match, Uchijima will add € 75,225 to her earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.
Highlights Moyuka Uchijima vs. Jessica Pegula Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Moyuka scored 72 points vs. Jessica’s 56.
Uchijima
The Japanese was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Pegula
On the other side, Jessica was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Uchijima and Pegula is 1-0 for Moyuka.
Draw and next match H2H: Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Uchijima will face Alexandrova in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Moyuka Uchijima and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Moyuka conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Uchijima broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Jessica lost the 8th game (5-3) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. Jessica was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Moyuka converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Pegula converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 83 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Pegula (47-36). Uchijima surrendered 16 points on serve (23-16). In addition, on the other side, Jessica conceded 24 points on serve (20-24).
Uchijima got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Japanese to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Japanese maintained her focus to break Pegula in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 46 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the American (25-21). Uchijima dropped 12 points on serve (14-12). On the other side, Jessica conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 6-2 6-1)
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-0 4-6 6-4)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 7-63)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 6-1)
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-2 6-0)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 6-4)
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 6-4 7-66)
- Donna VekicVekic – Emma NavarroNavarro (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Ann LiLi (6-2 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-3 4-6 7-62)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-4 6-2)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-0 6-0)
- Madison KeysKeys – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 7-63)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (2-6 7-62 6-0)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Maria SakkariSakkari (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Belinda BencicBencic – Cori GauffGauff (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (3-1) – H2H details and stats