Google News Mutua Madrid Open: Jessica Pegula moves into last-8; faces Sara Sorribes Tormo next
by ABBEY JOHNSON
Going into the quarter-finals, Jessica Pegula’s the only seed left in the top half of the Mutua Madrid Open draw. The American, the 12th seed, ousted Bianca Andreescu in their third-round clash on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-1 in an hour and 50 minutes.
Pegula won 75% of her first-serve points to the Canadian’s 51%. Both players, however, won a low percentage of points off their second serves – Pegula won 30% while Andreescu won 33%. Pegula lost her serve thrice while she converted six break points on Andreescu’s serve.
In the quarter-finals, Pegula will play Sara Sorribes Tormo. The Spaniard outlasted Daria Kasatkina, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in two hours and 31 minutes. This is the first quarter-final outing for Sorribes Tormo in a WTA tournament played in Spain.
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Meanwhile, Jil Teichmann downed another seed en route to making it to the quarters in the Spanish capital. The Swiss upset 16th seed Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-1 in an hour and 17 minutes in their pre-quarter-final meeting.
Teichmann won almost 79% of her first-serve points to the Kazakh’s 63% and 47% of her second-serve points to the latter’s 33%. She saved all six break points she faced while converting three break points on Rybakina’s serve.
In the quarters, Teichmann will take on Anhelina Kalinina. The Ukrainian scored an upset of her own in the third round against ninth seed, Emma Raducanu. Kalinina won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in two hours and 19 minutes. The world no. 37 lost her serve four times but went on to break the 2021 US Open titlist’s serve five times to tilt the match in her favour.
After her win, Kalinina said, “Already in the end of the match, I was not thinking about the score, because the intensity was high. I’m just so happy that I could close the match, because it was crazy at the end, so many deciding points and so many rallies.
Tough, tough match. I’m very happy that I’m starting to move further in the big tournaments… Now I can get into these tournaments, get my experience, play more matches here, and get another match, another opportunity.
So, I’m getting more experience on this level, and these matches will give me very good experience in my pocket”. The Mutua Madrid Open quarter-final between Teichmann and Kalinina will be their third meeting against each other, with both players having won one match each previously. Photo Credit: Mutua Madrid Open Twitter