Australian Open: Pegula reaches third quarter-final in a row in Melbourne

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third year in a row. After a highly contested first set, Pegula took over and got the win against Czech Barbora Krejcikova (n°20) in straight sets (7-5, 6-2) at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will now play the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 24 seed, and Chinese Lin Zhu next.

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The American beat Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-0, 6-1), Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-2, 7-6 (5)), and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (6-0, 6-2) in the previous rounds.

Earlier in the tournament, Krejcikova, ranked No 23, defeated qualifier Sara Bejlek (6-3, 6-1), French qualifier Clara Burel (6-4, 6-1), and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-2, 6-3).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):

• Donna Vekic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Magda Linette vs. Caroline Garcia
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Belinda Bencic
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Coco Gauff (7): 7-5, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (22) beat Iga Swiatek (1): 6-4, 6-4