Organizers of the National Bank Open announced the schedule for Saturday, August 13, in which Simona Halep will play in the semifinals of the “WTA 1000” tournament in Toronto.
Simona Halep – Jessica Pegula, in the semifinals of the tournament in Toronto
Thus, the match between Simona Halep and Jessica Pegula will be the first of the day on Center Court and will start at 20:00 (Romanian time). The match will be broadcast in LiveTEXT format on HotNews.ro.
Halep and Pegula have never met before on the WTA circuit.
Who is Jessica Pegula?
Jessica was born on February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New York (USA). He started playing tennis at the age of 7. He currently has 323 career wins and 207 losses.
He is 1.70 meters tall and trains with David Witt. Jessica has only one WTA title: Washington 2019.
Now the American is in the 7th position in the world ranking (the best ranking in her career). He subsequently earned $5,079,681 from tennis.
28-year-old Jessica is the daughter of billionaire Terry Pegul (70). He is an American businessman whose fortune is estimated at more than 5.7 billion dollars, according to Forbes.
Industries: natural gas, real estate, entertainment and sports (Terry Pegula owns the Buffalo Sabers of the North American Hockey Championship and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football Championship with his wife, Kim).
Know:
- By advancing to the semifinals, Simona Halep secured a prize of $133,400 and 350 points in the WTA singles rankings.
- Simona Halep is ranked 13th in the WTA Live rankings (up two places), and reaching the final would help her return to the top 10. In case of victory in the competition, the Romanian will take the 6th place in the world ranking.
- Halep won the Rogers Cup (the previous name of the competition) twice in 2016 and 2018, but in Montreal. In 2021, Simona Halep was stopped in the second round, losing to Danielle Collins.
A virtual tour of Simona Halep at the tournament in Toronto
First round: 6-0, 6-2 vs. Donna Vekic
Second round: 6-4, 6-2 against Shuai Zhang
Best: 6-2, 7-5 vs. Jill Teichman
Quarters: 6-4, 7-6(2) vs. Corey Gauff
Semifinal: Jessica Pegula
Final: Beatrice Haddad Maia / Karolina Plishkova.
Source: Hot News RO
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