Eastbourne International: Pegula overcomes tough Osorio test to reach the last eight
Jessica Pegula won against Camila Osorio 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. She’ll face American Coco Gauff, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Jessica Pegula | © Zuma / Panoramic
American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, moved into the last eight of the Eastbourne International by defeating Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 at Devonshire Park Lawn Club.
Pegula, ranked No 4, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-3, 6-4).
Osorio, ranked No 81, beat American Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.
Eastbourne WTA 500, other last 16 results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Ana Bogdan vs. Caroline Garcia
- Camila Giorgi vs. Ons Jabeur
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Harriet Dart: wednesday
- Coco Gauff beat Jodie Burrage (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Madison Keys beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Daria Kasatkina beat Karolina Pliskova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Petra Martic (LL) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (8): 6-4, 3-2 ret.