Pegula has won all of her matches in straight sets since losing in the semifinals of mixed doubles. She raced to a 3-0 lead as Krejcikova struggled with her opponent and the environment—not just the pro-Pegula crowd in Jess’ home state, but another presence from above: the sun. The 2024 Wimbledon champion paid homage to the nearby Mets with a swing and miss on an overhead, something you almost never see at this level.
Krejcikova would settle down and break serve, but Pegula got it right back, continuing to apply pressure with her trademark deep and flat groundstrokes. She served out the first set at 5-3, then immediately broke Krejcikova to open the second set with a backhand return winner.
Before serving down 0-2, Krejcikova had landed just 37% of her first serves in, and won just 23% of her second serve points (5 of 22).
