Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the US Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday.
on Monday, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career.
"I feel like there's been more pressure this year, because I did so well coming into this tournament," said Pegula, 30."I want to keep working my way and hopefully bringing my best tennis for the later rounds this time.", the runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon this season. Muchova enjoyed a breakthrough 2023, getting to the final in Paris and the semifinals in New York, before needing surgery on her right wrist in October, sidelining her for 10 months.
Three of Pegula's six quarterfinal exits at Slams came against a No. 1 player -- Swiatek twice and Ash Barty once. She continued:"Listen, it doesn't really matter to me. I mean, every match is every match. I've always played it like that. It just so happens to be quarterfinals, but at the same time, to be able to say I've been in that position many, many times is great. So I just have to keep putting myself there and keep trying to play my game."
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