Guadalajara Open: Pegula saves three match points against Rybakina

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, edged out Kazakh Elena Rybakina 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8) to reach the last 16 of the Guadalajara Open at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Wednesday night.

Pegula, ranked No 5, will face Canadian Bianca Andreescu next.

Pegula had to save three match points in the tie break, two in a raw when the Wimbledon winner lead 6-4.

On her own match points, she had a great inspiration, when she challenged Rybakina’s return. “I thought it was close…. If I was playing a practice set, I probably would have called it in. I felt like at the end there if I had a decent chance to think it was out, I had two challenges left, might as well use them. I’m not saving them for anything. Glad I did.”

Rybakina, ranked No 24, won against Czech Karolina Pliskova (7-6 (5), 6-2). Elena Rybakina is now 3-8 against Top-5 opponents. She had won the last such match in Wimbledon’s final versus Ons Jabeur.

Guadalajara WTA 1000, other second-round results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Victoria Azarenka : Wednesday in Giadalajara
• Belinda Bencic vs. Sloane Stephens : Wednesday in Giadalajara
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Madison Keys : Wednesday in Giadalajara
• Camila Osorio vs. Marie Bouzkova: wednesday
• Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Donna Vekic (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Coco Gauff (5) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
• Martina Trevisan beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Danielle Collins (14) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Eugenie Bouchard (WC): 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Caroline Garcia (6) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Daria Kasatkina (7) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-2
• Maria Sakkari (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu beat Petra Kvitova (16): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

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