Top-seeded Jessica Pegula held off a stiff challenge from Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva and rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win in the second round of the Credit One Charleston Open on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C. The match featured a whopping 37 break points, with Pegula converting seven of her 18 chances while Putintseva won just […]
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Sinner and Pegula advance to third round at Miami Open
World number two Jannik Sinner and fifth seed Jessica Pegula won on Saturday to reach the third round at the ATP and WTA Miami Open. Reigning Wimbledon champion Sinner dispatched 76th-ranked Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3, 6-3 on the Florida hardcourts. “First-round matches are never easy, so I’m very happy and let’s see […]
Sinner advances, Keys exits as Melbourne faces heatwave
MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner powered into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday, while defending women’s champion Madison Keys crashed out, as Melbourne braced for a forecast 45C heatwave. Read More: Keys dumped out in last 16 as Melbourne braces for heatwave Sinner, recovering from cramps in his third-round match, defeated fellow Italian and close friend Luciano Darderi 6-1, […]
Keys dumped out in last 16 as Melbourne braces for heatwave
Jessica Pegula sent reigning champion and podcast co-host Madison Keys spinning out of the Australian Open on Monday while Jannik Sinner aims to avoid the same fate and reach the quarter-finals in stifling heat. In temperatures approaching 30C in Melbourne, fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti set up a last-eight showdown with Novak Djokovic. Keys and Pegula […]
Gauff beats Pegula in straight sets to win Wuhan Open
Coco Gauff overcame Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday to clinch the third WTA 1000 title of her career in an all-American final at the Wuhan Open. The third-seeded Gauff secured the trophy without dropping a set after a 1hr 42min battle in the central Chinese city. In the first final between the former doubles […]