Stuttgart Open: Pegula makes last eight

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, moved into the last eight of the Stuttgart Open by defeating Pole Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-1 at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday.

Pegula is now unbeaten in all three previous meetings against Frech.

This was her 26th match win thus far in 2025, the most on the WTA tour.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

“It was just kind of one of those days where I was just seeing everything very clear,” Pegula said in her press conference afterwards. “Everything that I wanted to do, I was able to execute, which, you know, that’s not always possible or the case.

“It was working, so I think just strategy-wise I was able to execute what I needed to do very quickly, and luckily that, yeah, helped me out the whole match.”

Frech, ranked No 28, edged out Italian lucky loser Sara Errani (7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Emma Navarro vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Coco Gauff vs. Ella Seidel
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Mirra Andreeva (6): 6-3, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Diana Shnaider (8): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-2, 6-2