Jessica Pegula, who is ranked 6th in the WTA ranking, qualified on Thursday for the Tournament of Champions, a competition that will be held from October 31 to November 7 in Fort Worth (USA).
Pegula, the No. 4 seed, advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in San Diego on Thursday after defeating Coco Vandeweghe (143 WTA) 6-3, 6-1.
Jessica will meet the winner of the match between Madison Keys (18 WTA) and Daria Kasatkina (11 WTA, favorite 8) to reach the semifinals.
Poland’s Iga Sviatek and Tunisia’s Ons Jaber, the top two in the WTA hierarchy, have also qualified for the Tournament of Champions.
CLINCH ✊
uD83CuDDFAuD83CuDDF8 @JLPegula defeats Vandeweghe to advance to the quarterfinals of San Diego and clinch a spot at the end of the year @WTAFinals in Fort Worth!#SanDiegoOpen pic.twitter.com/j1V4RF2D4x
— wta (@WTA) October 13, 2022
WTA race, current standings
1. Iga Svyatek 9866 points / qualification
2. Ons Jabeur 4555 / qualified
3. Jessica Pegula 3.332 / Qual
4. Coco Gauf 3,037
5. Caroline Garcia 2896
6. Darya Kasatkina 2.885
7. Aryna Sabalenko 2,871
8. Simona Halep 2661 / will not play again this year
9. Veronika Kudermetova 2,606
10. Maria Sakkari 2537
11. Belinda Bencic 2360
12. Madison Keys 2268
13. Paula Badosa 2264 etc.
Source: Hot News RO
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