Roland Garros third favorite Jessica Pegula was knocked out in the third round by Elise Mertens, and the player from the United States spoke at a press conference about the reason for the modest development in Paris.

Jessica Pegula, out of shape with food poisoning

Jessica Pegula (WTA 3) was unexpectedly knocked out by Elise Mertens (WTA 28), in a match in which the athlete from the States managed to win only 4 games.

At the end of the match against the player from Belgium, Pegula talked about the nightmare that he experienced from the first night in Paris and that caused him a lot of trouble in the last week.

“This week at Roland Garros, my preparation was completely disrupted by food poisoning. I did this on my first evening in Paris after my first dinner here.

Since then I have not set foot in a restaurant because I am too afraid to eat. I don’t know exactly what caused this toxic infection. I ate snails – I love snails – but everyone else in my group ate them and had nothing.

I also ate salmon so maybe it was a bad piece of fish. I tossed up all night and got little sleep.

I didn’t train, I couldn’t do anything. I had many moments of nausea and gastric reflux. I was afraid to eat anything and had no appetite.

It lasted for four or five days, but I could no longer lie down, although perhaps the body still needed rest.” – said Jessica Pegula, reports welovetennis.fr.

Who is Jessica Pegula?

Jessica Pegula is 29 years old and is currently ranked third in the WTA rankings.

She is the daughter of Terry Pegula (age 72). He is an American businessman whose fortune is estimated at more than 6.7 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).

Jessica has 27 wins and 10 losses this season. During his career, he collected approximately 9 million euros from tennis alone.

In 2023, Pegula has the following results

– 3rd round of Roland Garros

– 2nd round in Rome

– Quarters in Madrid

– Semifinals in Charleston

– Semifinal in Miami

– The best of Indian Wells

– Semi-final in Dubai

– Final in Doha

– Quarterfinals at the Australian Open.