Impressive Pegula takes out Andreescu to ease into Guadalajara quarter-finals
Jessica Pegula knocked off another Grand Slam champion as she booked her place in the last eight
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American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last 8 of the Guadalajara Open at the Centro Panamericano de Tenis on Thursday evening.
Pegula, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round, the American edged out Kazakh Elena Rybakina (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)).
Andreescu, ranked No 59, won against Swiss Jil Teichmann (6-2, 6-4) and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 16 seed (3-6, 6-2, 6-0) in the previous rounds.
Guadalajara WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Centro Panamericano de Tenis, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari
- Sloane Stephens vs. Caroline Garcia
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Madison Keys
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
- Coco Gauff (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-0, 6-3
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