Jessica Pegula has advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals after winning back-to-back matches over the holiday weekend.
The Buffalo native rallied past Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the third round on Friday, overcoming a slow start to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens.
Pegula acknowledged she is never comfortable facing Fernandez but credited her ability to dig deep after dropping the opening set.
"I knew today, especially the way that I started, I was going to have to dig deep," Pegula told U.S. Open reporters. "I had to find something in the second set to turn it around, but she's a great player, so that was very hard."
Pegula then secured her spot in the quarterfinals on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Romania's Sorana Cirstea. The match featured some early struggles, but Pegula closed it out on her third match point when Cirstea sent a forehand long.
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The Buffalo native rallied past Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the third round on Friday, overcoming a slow start to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens.
Pegula acknowledged she is never comfortable facing Fernandez but credited her ability to dig deep after dropping the opening set.
"I knew today, especially the way that I started, I was going to have to dig deep," Pegula told U.S. Open reporters. "I had to find something in the second set to turn it around, but she's a great player, so that was very hard."
Pegula then secured her spot in the quarterfinals on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Romania's Sorana Cirstea. The match featured some early struggles, but Pegula closed it out on her third match point when Cirstea sent a forehand long.
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