{"id":178450,"date":"2021-02-15T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T02:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jessica-pegula-pulls-off-massive-upset-at-australian-open\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T02:32:08","slug":"jessica-pegula-pulls-off-massive-upset-at-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jessica-pegula-pulls-off-massive-upset-at-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jessica Pegula pulls off massive upset at Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jessica Pegula pulls off massive upset at Australian Open<\/strong>”
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MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Jessica Pegula\u2019s first victory over a Top 10 opponent earned the 25-year-old American her first trip<\/a> to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

The 61st-ranked Pegula, whose parents own Buffalo\u2019s NFL and NHL franchises, held on to beat No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in Rod Laver Arena on Monday (Sunday night EST).<\/p>\n

Pegula is on quite a breakthrough run. She has won four matches at Melbourne Park over the past week \u2014 including victories over two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur \u2014 after entering the hard-court tournament with a total of three wins at majors for her career.<\/p>\n

Also significant for Pegula, who works with Venus Williams\u2019 former coach, David Witt: She came into the day with an 0-6 record against Top 10 women.<\/p>\n

With the sky blue and the temperature in the low 70s Fahrenheit (low 20s Celsius), and zero fans in the stands for the third day in a row because of a local COVID-19 lockdown, Pegula dictated groundstroke exchanges from right along the baseline.<\/p>\n

In the early going, she pushed around two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Svitolina, who eliminated American teenager Coco Gauff in the second round, and went up by a set and a break at 1-0 in the second.<\/p>\n

Up until then, Pegula had not been broken.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s where Svitolina, everything slipping away, made a stand. She suddenly broke Pegula twice in a row, part of a four-game<\/a> run that put Svitolina ahead 4-1 in the second on the way to forcing a third set.<\/p>\n

As if flipping a switch, or remembering what worked so well earlier, Pegula returned to her more aggressive brand of hit-to-the-corners play and led 4-1. She did get broken to 4-3, but broke right back, then served out the most important victory of her career by grabbing the last four points after falling behind love-30.<\/p>\n

Pegula plays winner of the match that followed in Rod Laver Arena: No. 22 Jennifer Brady of the United States vs. No. 28 Donna Vekic of Croatia.<\/p>\n

The last two women\u2019s fourth-round matches were No. 1 Ash Barty vs. unseeded American Shelby Rogers, and No. 18 Elise Mertens vs. Karolina Muchova.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s matches on the schedule Monday included 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal against No. 16 Fabio Fognini, and No. 4 Daniil Medvedev against 192nd-ranked American Mackenzie McDonald.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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