Jessica Pegula (6th WTA) drastically reduced her hopes after reaching the US Open final. She won only three matches in the “thousanders” in Beijing and Wuhan, and her performance did not improve at the WTA Finals, where she was last year's Masters finalist.
Jessica Pegula had a terrible performance at the WTA Finals. Fans comment
In the first match, the 30-year-old was completely swept off the court by Coco Gauff (3rd WTA) and after 76 minutes she lost 2:6, 3:6. And she performed equally poorly in the match against Barbora Krejcikova (13, WTA) and lost after only 70 minutes 3:6, 3:6. “Pegula is out,” said journalist Jose Morgado.
The American played imprecisely and couldn't control her emotions, which made her fans feel bad. “She lost her serve for the fourth time in a row. She has to be the worst player to ever play in the WTA Finals. Absolutely disgusting tennis,” “she played only four winners (ultimately six, Krejcikova had 22 – ed.), which is the worst result in WTA history Finals,” one of them wrote during the match.
“Poor Pegula has already been eliminated… I don't know if it's the fault of the conditions in the hall, poor form before the finals or chronic fatigue after a long period of playing in North American tournaments on hard courts, but it was not an ideal performance by last year's runner-up in Saudi Arabia,” we read . And some were even more blunt.
Jessica Pegula razed to the ground. “It's no different”
“Jessica Pegula's three-set loss to Krejcikova shouldn't surprise anyone. The WTA is littered with players who come in, create a buzz and simply fade into oblivion. And she's no different from the rest who have become forgotten names in the sport,” “if Pegula is the sixth best tennis player in the world, might I suggest that the best solution would be to disband the WTA Tour?” – summarized.
Despite the very disappointing attitude of the American, some people came to her defense: “People will praise players who are worse than Pegula, and then call Pegula 'garbage'”, “maybe she tried a different strategy and was unable to adapt?”
In the last WTA Finals match, Jessica Pegula will play against Iga Świątek (2nd WTA). This meeting will take place on Thursday, November 7.