Second title of the season for Jessica Pegula in Seoul

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Jessica Pegula, early favorite, fulfilled the predictions and with little opposition added her second title of the season by defeating China’s Yue Yuan 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Seoul tournament.

Ranked fourth in the world and winner of the Montreal tournament in August, the American has had a smooth ride in South Korea. Only her compatriot Claire Liu in the quarterfinals was able to win a set against herand both in the semifinals against the Belgian Yanina Wickmayer and this Sunday she did not have to make extraordinary efforts to overcome her rivals.

The one in Seoul was the fourth individual title for Jessica Pegula, who participated in the invitational tournament. This season she played in four finals, the penultimate one at the Beijing tournament, where she lost to Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. In Tokyo she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Russian Veronika Kudermetova.

Yuan, the surprise of the tournament in South Korea, continued as his first serve worked, but his victory was difficult and the weakness of his second serve was exploited by his rival, who also showed very solid from the back of the court. After about an hour and a half of play, Jessica Pegula lifted the trophy, her first won outside of North America.

Source: La Verdad

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