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No. 2 Iga Swiatek, No. 3 Jessica Pegula move to third round at Italian Open
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek needed just 52 minutes to advance to the third round at the Italian Open, topping home-country favorite Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday in Rome.,It was a dominant performance by Swiatek, who won 84 percent (16 of 19) of the points on her first serve, compared to ju...
Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini upset in third round in Madrid
Moyuka Uchijima of Japan grabbed her first win over a Top 10 player on Sunday, upsetting No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-2 at the Madrid Open in Spain.,The 23-year-old Uchijima entered the match with an 0-6 record against the Top 10 players but managed to defeat Pegula in just 80 minutes. It also w...
Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula kick off Madrid runs with easy wins
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus was among the seeded players to start the Mutua Madrid Open with straight-sets wins on Friday in Spain.,Following a first-round bye, Sabalenka topped Russia's Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-4. Sabalenka won 27 of 36 first-service points (75 percent) and saved 6 of 7 break...
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula continues tear, wins Charleston title
One of the hottest players on the WTA Tour continued to roll along on Sunday as top-seeded Jessica Pegula defeated fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-5 to win the Charleston Open in Charleston, S.C.,The title is Pegula's second of the season (she also lost in the finals of the Miami Open to World No...
Aryna Sabalenka cruises past Jessica Pegula to win Miami Open
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka recorded 31 winners while sailing to a 7-5, 6-2 victory over fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula on Saturday to win the Miami Open for the first time in her career.,Sabalenka, ranked No. 1 in the world, saved 7 of 11 break points while winning her 19th career title and eighth at ...
Iga Swiatek, other top seeds have breezy day in Miami
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland, No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 5 seed Madison Keys were all straight-sets winners Friday in the second round of the Miami Open.,Swiatek had to save a set point in the second set on her way to defeating France's Caroline Garcia 6-2, 7-5.,"My energy level got down ...
Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula cruise at Indian Wells
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula made quick work of their third-round opponents at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Swiatek, the defending champion, needed just 66 minutes to sweep Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-0, 6-2. Swiatek won the first 10 game...
Jessica Pegula wins Austin final for seventh career title
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula defeated fellow American and No. 5 seed McCartney Kessler 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATX Open final in Austin, Texas and record the seventh singles title of her career.,Pegula converted 6 of 10 break points while downing Kessler in 83 minutes. Kessler committed four doub...
Jessica Pegula, McCartney Kessler to meet in All-American final at Austin
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula recorded 31 winners while posting a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday to advance to the championship match of the ATX Open at Austin, Texas.,Pegula took advantage of the serving issues of Tomljanovic (11 double faults) and controlled the th...
Coco Gauff ousts '20 champ Sofia Kenin at Australian Open
Third-seeded Coco Gauff posted an eventful 6-3, 6-3 first-round win Monday over 2020 champion Sofia Kenin at the Australian Open in Melbourne.,Gauff offset nine double faults with 12 aces and overcame 32 unforced errors by saving five of six break points in the 80-minute victory, her 11th first-roun...
Qinwen Zheng clinches WTA Finals Riyadh semifinal berth
Qinwen Zheng used her dominating serve to defeat Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-1, 6-1 and clinch a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Finals Riyadh on Wednesday.,Zheng, of China, the seventh seed, needed just 67 minutes to squash Paolini, the fourth seed, in Saudi Arabia.,For Zheng and Paolini, it was a...
Coco Gauff tops Iga Swiatek, moves to semis at WTA Finals
Coco Gauff and Barbora Krejcikova posted big wins in the WTA Finals Riyadh on Tuesday, bouncing their opponents in straight sets.,Gauff topped Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-3, 6-4, while Krejcikova, a Czech, beat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3.,The victory by Gauff ensures her a spot in the event's semifinals. K...
Coco Gauff reaches Wuhan quarters, Jessica Pegula out
Coco Gauff extended her winning streak in China to eight matches and advanced to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 13th-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.,The fourth-seeded Gauff is trying to become only the second player to sweep the WTA 1000 events in Beijing and Wuhan i...
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula triumph in Beijing
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula posted wins Friday at the China Open to move on to the third round in Beijing.,Bpth defeated opponents from France. Gauff, the fourth seed, topped Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3, while the second-seeded Pegula rallied from a break down in the second set to defeat Diane Parry 6-1,...
No. 1 Iga Swiatek latest to pull out of Korea Open
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Friday became the latest WTA star to pull out of next week's Korea Open in Seoul.,The five-time Grand Slam winner from Poland cited fatigue as the reason for her withdrawal.,Swiatek is the fifth current or former top-10 player to withdraw, joining defending tournament cham...
Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula for first U.S. Open title
Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka racked up 40 winners while defeating sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 to win her first U.S. Open title on Saturday afternoon at New York.,It is the third career Grand Slam crown for Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open each of the past two years. The 26-year-old i...
Jessica Pegula stages comeback to reach U.S. Open final
Jessica Pegula overcame a slow start, pulling off a stunning comeback to beat Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the U.S. Open semifinals at New York.,The result sends Pegula, a 30-year-old Buffalo native who is seeded sixth, to her first career Grand Slam final.,Her Saturday opponent wil...
Aryna Sabalenka tops Emma Navarro, returns to U.S. Open final
No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus is back in the U.S. Open final after stymieing No. 13 Emma Navarro 6-3, 7-6 (2) in their semifinal showdown Thursday in New York.,Sabalenka had leads of 4-2 and 5-3 in the second set before her upstart American opponent rallied to take a 6-5 advantage. Sabalenka...
U.S. Open Odds: All-American women's final a longshot
Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro will each play in their first career Grand Slam semifinal matches at the U.S. Open on Thursday.,While one is favored to advance to Saturday's women's final, it would take a major upset to see an all-American matchup for the title at Flushing Meadows.,The 13th-seeded N...
Jessica Pegula stuns No. 1 Iga Swiatek in U.S. Open quarterfinals
Jessica Pegula is through to the semifinal of a Grand Slam event for the first time, and she got there in style.,The 30-year-old Buffalo native, seeded sixth, upset top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the semifinals of the U.S. Open in New York.,Pegula had been 0-for-6 in her c...