On the night of Friday to Saturday Magda Linette She competed in the second round of the Indian Wells tournament with American Jessica Pegul. The ladies went out to the main court just after the meeting of Iga Świątek with the Frenchman Caroline Garcia.
Linette (36. WTA) was not lucky in the draw. Already in the second match in California she had to compete with one of the main favorites. PEGULA is the fourth rocket of the world, which has been one of the leading women for years tennis. In addition, it is in good shape – only a few days ago It turned out to be the best during the WTA 250 event in Austin.
Linette fought Pegulu in front of Radwanska
The first set showed that Linette bravely came out to this meeting, not fearing the favored rival. She was able to break the American service twice. From the state 1: 3 it led to 3: 3. The fifth game was her show, when she easily defended the service, played quickly, took over the initiative. – Magda showed at what level he is able to play – then the commentator Canal+ Sport Żelisław Żyżyński summed up.
A moment later, the producer showed us Agnieszka Radwańska, who was sitting in the stands of the California event, and from the beginning of the year she has been working as a consultant Magda Linette. – You can see such slack, peace on Agnieszka Radwanska's face – said Żyżyński.
Her mentee looked really promising against the background of the leading tennis player in the world, played flat, aggressively. Unfortunately, it was Pegula that turned out to be better at the end of the first party. She came out 4: 3 after a defensive bed, which allowed her to remain in the exchange. “Aj, what a pity,” she admitted then commenting Klaudia Jans -Ignacik. This breaking Linette turned out to be decisive.
Jessica Pegula won key balls, and the service in the last game also helped her. After 38 minutes she led 6: 4, but she had to work on to score more points.
It's a pity
The second set began badly for Linette, who was quickly broken. At the service of the rival at 1: 2, however, she had a chance to make up for the losses. 40:30, Break Point for a Polish woman, who retouches and forces the American to defend. Pegula conquers the ball high, Linette goes to the net, can end the action, but throws out the side line.
– But Magda ran away this ball. I do not know if it was not the most important ball of this set, may not – worried Żelisław Żyżyński. This is probably the part of it. Shelf She could level 2: 2, and it got 1: 3, and after a while 1: 4. Magda Linette lost seven actions in a row, and the advantage of Peguli only grew.
After 76 minutes, Jessica Pegula finally won 6: 4, 6: 2. It is a pity, because our tennis player at times could threaten the opponent. She sent a lot of really good strokes, looking for opportunities in attacks. The result of the meeting does not reflect as a demanding duel for an American.
In the past, Magda Linette was able to play the biggest stars of women's games, such as Former leaders of the Ashleigh Barta ranking, Wiktoria Azarenka or Naomi Osaka, as well as Caroline Garcia, Jasmine Paolini and ONS Jabeur. This time Jessica Pegula turned out to be too strong for her.
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The American tennis player was promoted to the third round of the Indian Wells tournament, in which she will face Xinyu Wang (42. WTA). Chinese defeated Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia, 26.) 6: 4, 6: 4. Latvian after victory over Iga Świątek in February in the semi -final in Dosze reduced flights and this is her next weaker performance. Broadcasts from the WW Canal+ Sport tournament, reports at Sport.pl.