The American Jessica Pegulafifth in the world rankings, from less to more to win this Sunday 7-5 and 6-2 Kazakh style Elena Rybakinafourth, at the start of the WTA Finals.
Rybakina and Pegula maintained parity until the eighth game when the European broke Jessica’s serve; However, when everything was against her, the North American persevered, took advantage of Elena’s mistakes and broke her in the ninth and eleventh games.
Pegula won 87 percent of first serve points and was more effective than her opponent, with 24 unforced errors.
Inspired, Pegula went 2-0 ahead with a break against a subdued Rybakina, who struggled to hold her serve and was ineffective with her drive.
Jessica, this year’s WTA 1,000 champion in Montreal, again deciphered Elena’s serve in the fifth game, but could not confirm. With the score 4-2, last year’s Wimbledon champion seemed to take oxygen, but that was not the case; Pegula broke serve again and won 6-2 to put the series between them 3-1 in their favor.
After winning two weeks ago at the WTA 250 in Seoul, Pegula showed her best tennis in key moments; The two rivals had seven chances to break and, while five of them were converted by the American, the Kazakh made only two.
“It’s nice to start with a win because Elena is a tough player.”; He made a mistake and that helped me. I remain undefeated in Mexico and I thank the people for their support,” said Pegula, who was last year’s WTA 1,000 champion in Guadalajara.
Source: La Verdad
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