She will be seeded third at this year’s event so will avoid the big guns early on. Last year she lost in the second round against qualifier Marie Bouzkova.
Pegula has made only four main draw appearances in California and her best result came in 2021 when she reached the quarter-final. The winner walks away with a cheque of more than $1 million and 1,000 WTA Ranking points. Outside of the US Open, this is one of the big events that players want to win on American soil as it is not known as the unofficial fifth Grand Slam for nothing. Confirmed and unconfirmed events Indian Wells Open – March 6-19 The 29-year-old will next be in action on home soil at the Sunshine Double before she kicks off the clay-court season. The American followed it up with a run to the final of the Qatar Open, but she suffered a 6-3, 6-0 defeat at the hands of Swiatek while she was beaten in three sets by Barbora Krejcikova in the semi-final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. With Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia and a few others falling early, Pegula became the favourite but she went down in straight sets against Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-final – her fourth Grand Slam quarter-final appearance in five tournaments. She was part of the United States team that won the inaugural United Cup – she claimed world No 1 Iga Swiatek’s scalp along the way with a brilliant 6-2, 6-2 victory – before reaching the quarter-final of the Australian Open. On the back of a brilliant 2022 season that saw her rise to a career-high No 3 in the WTA Rankings, Pegula has carried that form over to this campaign.
The fourth-seeded American was the only player who had to get through her quarter-finals in three sets.Ĭollins came from a set down against Anna Kalinskaya to prevail 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 after an hour and 47 minutes.A look at Jessica Pegula’s 2023 tennis schedule and his results so far this campaign… Kostyuk’s semi-final opponent at the ATX Open will be Danielle Collins. The Ukrainian took an hour and 50 minutes to get the win. Eighth seed Marta Kostyuk also clinched a place in the quarters with a 7-6(6), 6-2 win over Anna-Lena Friedsam. This win also marked a career first semi-final for Volynets while for Stearns, she won the first two matches on the WTA Main Tour of her career this week in the event. I think it was important that I gave myself a lot of opportunities, so that helped me to close”.
Speaking after the win, Volynets said, “I was able to do a good job to get leads in both sets, and then I didn’t execute how I wanted to. She also saved nine of the 14 break points she faced while converting eight break points on her opponent’s serve. But Volynets won 39% of her second-serve points to Stearns’ 22%. Both players won 53% of their respective first-serve points. Volynets needed an hour and 44 minutes to wrap up the match.
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