Jessica Pegula revealed she was “about to smash all my rackets” before stunningly recovering to beat Irina Begu in Charleston. On Thursday, Pegula defeated Begu 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the Charleston round-of-16. Pegula was up by a set and also had a 4-0 lead in the second set.
Begu then won the next 10 games. Down 4-0 in the third set and having lost 10 consecutive games, Pegula responded by winning the next six games and sealing a three-set win. “I have no idea, honestly. I don’t know at one point I was about to smash all my rackets and the next thing you know I’m here so that sentence though it’s never over till it’s over.
I mean, I just tried to get one game coz there’s a lot of games that I lost in a row. So I tried to get one game, then I tried to finally hold one game and then I just kept it rolling. So I’m just glad I was able to get there.
I’m just tough. Imma tough it out and I’m not going to give it to you and even though I had a swing there, you know, I kind of went off and she started playing some great tennis. I’m just tough,” Pegula said.
Pegula plays Paula Badosa next
After surviving the Begu challenge, Pegula is set to face former world No 2 Badosa in the Charleston quarterfinal. When Pegula and Badosa meet, it will be just their second meeting….
