Jessica Pegula shares what she wishes she could do as well as Iga Swiatek

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Jessica Pegula shares what she wishes she could do as well as Iga Swiatek

Jessica Pegula admits it would be cool if she knew to slide on hard courts as well as Iga Swiatek does. In Cincinnati, world No 3 Pegula was asked if she ever tried to slide on hard courts. Pegula seemingly loved the question as she proceeded to tell a funny story about telling her coach a few years ago that she decided to slide on hard courts.

“I laugh, because a couple of years ago, I was, like, I’m going to slide on hard court. My coach is, like, ‘Oh, my God’ I think we were here. He’s, like, ‘Can you not try and slide in practice before your match?’ I’m, like, I can do it (smiling).

So I do sometimes slide. Am I like Iga? Definitely not. I don’t think I slide as much into my shots, like, I can’t do the running-for-the-dropshot sliding. I wish I could do that. If I do it, I could probably do it on a practice court, but it doesn’t really come, like, instant for me to do it a match, so I just don’t do it.

And obviously, I’m not going to run up to the drop shot and be, like, Oh, I need to slide to look cool or whatever. But, yeah, and it also depends on the shoes, I think, as well. Some seem to be easier than others. Maybe a little more worn down.

Also the court. The court is super gritty for…

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