​Jessica Pegula stopped in the quarters at the tournament “WTA 1000” in Madrid, the third favorite of the competition at Caja Magica lost to Veronika Kudermetova with a score of 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.

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Jessica Pegula, defeated by Veronika Kudermetova at WTA Madrid

Both players had problems in the first set (there were five breaks), and Kudermetova won 6-4.

Pegula made a spectacular comeback in the return match, scored 24 points (out of a total of 29) and gave the opponent a “bagel” (6-0).

Veronica asked for a medical time-out, Jessica could not find her rhythm, and in the decisive match the situation from the first set was repeated: 6-4 in favor of the Russian.

Know:

  • Kudermetova (12th seed) will fight for a place in the final with the winner of the match between Poland’s Iga Sviatek (the main favorite) and Croatia’s Petra Martych (27).
  • Veronika won four sets in a row and reached the semifinals in Madrid (defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz, Anastasia Potapova, Daria Kasatkina and Jessica Pegula). The last person to achieve this feat at Caja Magica was Dominika Cibulkova (2016).

The WTA Mutua Madrid Open takes place from April 25 to May 7 on clay in the Caja Magica complex. It is in the WTA 1000 category, has a total prize money of US$7,652,174, and the title holder is Ons Jabert. Simona Halep won in 2016 and 2017.