World No.5 Jessica Pegula eased past Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round of the Libema Open, winning 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday. The victory is Pegula’s first since leading the United States to victory at the Billie Jean King Cup in April. After a two-month injury break, the American is playing her first Hologic WTA Tour tournament since the Credit One Charleston Open in April.
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“It felt really good,” Pegula said on court. “It’s nice that we got some good weather today. It always helps when the conditions are beautiful. I was happy that I was able to get out here and take care of business.”
Pegula is the top seed in both doubles and singles this week in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Facing No.70 Sasnovich, Pegula showed no signs of rust from her competitive break. She played a clean and disciplined match off the ground, hitting nine winners to just six unforced errors to seal victory in 58 minutes. She broke Sasnovich five times from seven break points, and was broken just once herself.
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