WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula rolls into quarterfinals at Austin

Field Level Media
27 Feb 2025, 07:56 GMT+10

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Top-seeded Jessica Pegula never faced a break point while cruising to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Nuria Parrizas-Diaz of Spain on Wednesday in the second round of the ATX Open at Austin, Texas.

Pegula won 90 percent of her first-serve points (18 of 20) while dispatching Parrizas-Diaz. In the quarterfinals, Pegula will face Russian Anna Blinkova, who rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Germany's Tatjana Maria.

In other matches, fifth-seeded McCartney Kessler notched a 6-2, 7-5 triumph over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic, and Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Brit Jodie Burrage.

Australia's Kimberly Birrell and Japan's Ena Shihahara were playing in the event's final match of the night.

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Qualifier Daria Saville of Australia overcame nine double faults while rallying for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine to reach the quarterfinals in Merida, Mexico.

Saville will face either second-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain or Jaqueline Cristian of Romania in her next match. Those two players are slated to play in Wednesday's late match.

Elina Avanesyan of Amenia sailed to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain in her second-round match. Avanesyan will face either fifth-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia or qualifier Maya Joint of Australia. Those two were playing Wednesday night.

--Field Level Media

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