Pegula overcomes Kostyuk in Western & Southern Open second round
Jessica Pegula treats the home crowd to a three-set win over Marta Kostyuk on Wednesday at the Cincinnati WTA 1000. Pegula dropped the opener but then coasted the rest of the way.
Jessica Pegula hits a backhand at the National Bank Open in Toronto || Zuma
Jessica Pegula got off to a slow start but ended up powering past Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2 during second-round action at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday afternoon.
The eighth-ranked American awaits either Emma Raducanu or Victoria Azarenka.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round matches and results:
- Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Shelby Rogers vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Simona Halep
- Madison Keys vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
- Elena Rybakina vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Emma Raducanu: wednesday
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Elise Mertens: wednesday
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
- Shuai Zhang beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-3, 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Catherine McNally (WC): 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(7)
- Petra Kvitova beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia (Q) beat Maria Sakkari (4): 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-1
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
