Top-seeded Jessica Pegula overcame a slow start and produced a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over Poland’s Magdalena Frech on Thursday in the second round of the Mubadala DC Open in Washington.
Quarterfinal Matchup
Pegula will oppose fifth-seeded Anna Kalinskaya of Russia in the quarterfinals. Kalinskaya rallied past Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) in the second round.
In other second-round matches, second-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine beat Uzbekistan’s Polina Kudermetova 7-6 (4), 6-4, and fourth-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia thrashed Austria’s Anastasia Potapova 6-1, 6-2.
Memphis Classic
Two seeded U.S. players cruised into the quarterfinals in Tennessee behind dominant second-round efforts. Sixth-seeded Caty McNally downed China’s Ye-Xin Ma 6-2, 6-3, and seventh-seeded Peyton Stearns routed Russia’s Tatiana Prozorova 6-1, 6-2.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
