Pegula overcomes Muchova in Western & Southern Open second round
Jessica Pegula beat Karolina Muchova in three sets on Friday in Cincinnati. Pegula will play again later in the day against Taylor Townsend.
Jessica Pegula US Open 2023 – Zuma / Panoramic
Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, fought past Karolina Muchova 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Friday afternoon.
Pegula, ranked No 6, will play qualifier Taylor Townsend later on Friday. The American had been scheduled to face Muchova on Thursday, but it was postponed due to rain. Pegula is coming off a title at the WTA 1000 event in Toronto this past week.
In the previous round Muchova, ranked No 35, defeated Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (7-6 (6), 6-2).
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results :
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-1, 7-5
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Mirra Andreeva beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Anna Kalinskaya (13): 6-3, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Coco Gauff (2): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (10), 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez beat Elena Rybakina (4): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5
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