The adventure of Romanian Jacqueline Christian at the Australian Open 2023 was short-lived, our athlete without the right of appeal was defeated by the third favorite of the Grand Slam in Melbourne, Jessica Pegula.

h2: Jacqueline Christian def Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-1

Christian, who is ranked 143rd in the WTA rankings, gave the American some problems in some games, but she could not find the decisive shots in the important moments (she missed three break points in the first game of the second set) and suffered a 6-0, 6 defeat -1.

Despite having the better number of shots (13-12), Jacqueline committed too many unforced errors (30 compared to her opponent’s 12) and the match on Margaret Court Arena ended after just 58 minutes.