Jessica Pegula was forced to work hard in the second set when she reached the third round of the French Open on Thursday 29, with a victory of 6-3, 7-6 (3) over her colleague Ann Li. Mirra Andreeva continued her march at Roland Garros with a direct victory over Ashlyn Krueger 6-3, 6-4.
Pegula scored its 30th victory of the year, and in 2025 she had more victories than she was only Aryna Sabalenka (36). In the first set, the American slowly began against if she admitted the lead 0-2. However, the third seed was won by 6 of the next 7 games to claim the first set to take the lead. The second set, however, was much harder for the ruling Australian Open champion.
The second set saw both women to go for it, not to give any breaks and make it 4-4. However, when Pegula served, if he gained two opportunities for a break. Pegula was able to save them both when the game went to the tiebreaker.
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In Tiebreaker, Pegula brought its best when it secured the first mini-gate and then consolidated it with some good service game. Pegula will now face Market Vondrous in the third round when the finalist of the French Open 2019 secured the three-set victories over Magdalena Frech.
Andreeva is still shining
Andreeva came to the competition against Krueger with a point to prove when she was discarded in the second round of the US Open 2024. In the first 5 games there was nothing to separate two young stars, but the free service game from Krueger gave Andreeva the chance of having to use.
After watching 3-1, Andreeva won six more games to lead 1-0 in the second set.
The second set was a bit rough for both women, but Andreeva was able to dig deep and take her level to win the match with some beautiful shots in the end. Andreeva will now face Yulii Putintsev or qualifying Joann Garland in the next round.
Published on:
29. May 2025
