Pegula Wanting Ahead to Svitolina Problem
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Pegula Wanting Ahead to Svitolina Problem

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Pegula Wanting Ahead to Svitolina Problem

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Thursday, August 3, 2023

Top seed Jessica Pegula is trying to win one more title in Washington, DC.

 

Yet she should subsequent overcome the red-hot Elina Svitolina to realize that objective.

 

Pegula took the subsequent step in her quest as she superior in straight units to achieve the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, DC.

 

The 2019 champion in D.C., the present World No. 4 Pegula beat impending rain and her opponent and fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to achieve the final eight within the WTA 500 occasion.

 

 

 

Next up for Pegula is former World No. 3 Svitolina who has turn out to be one of many greatest tales within the sport over the previous few months.

Since coming again to the tour, Svitolina has loved stellar success on the majors together with reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and the Wimbledon semifinals.
 

“It’s gonna be a different match probably than the previous times I have played her. I can just tell from watching her matches, yeah, I feel like she has a new perspective. So many things going on in her life,” Pegula mentioned concerning the matchup.”

Pegula has a 2-1 face to face benefit over Svitolina, however all of these matches had been performed again in 2021. The high American realizes that Svitolina is basically a model new participant than earlier than. 

“She’s type of come again and reset actually properly. She’s been competing actually, rather well and enjoying, like, very fearless. It’s positively going to be, I feel, totally different. It’s going to be a troublesome match. She’s been enjoying at a excessive stage, and I really feel like she hasn’t actually missed a beat a lot coming again.”

In D.C. Svitolina has continued her successful methods as she has defeated Victoria Azarenka after which Daria Kasatkina on her strategy to the quarterfinals.

 

 

“She’s an amazing competitor, obviously an amazing player. What’s she done after giving birth and everything that country is going through, it’s been really amazing,” Pegula mentioned in her post-match interview earlier within the day.

 

“I feel like she’s coming back with a new perspective, a new outlook, and that’s showing on court. She’s competing really, really hard and hasn’t really seemed to skip a beat. It’s going to be really tough.”

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