“Jessica commented on the victory over Yastremska in the 1/8 finals of the WTA 500 in Brisbane”, — write: sport.ua
– What was the most difficult for you in this match and how did you cope with this task?
– When I served for the first set, and then it was 5:7, I felt that I let my hands down a little, and my mood was not at the proper level, but she played perfectly. I just felt that I lost my concentration and had to go back to solving the problem – how to win this match.
I think that if you give her chances, she is very good at using them, playing very aggressively and scoring a lot of points. So I just had to go back to my strategy.
– You handled it very well. You have already played with each other once. It was in 2022. Diana won that match. Did it have any significance today, or was it so long ago that you didn’t attach much importance to it?
“Was that… the Billie Jean King Cup?”
– That’s right, an excellent memory.
– Yes, I remember we played against Ukraine, and it was a really crazy emotional match. She played amazingly and beat me then, but that was a long time ago. I don’t remember that match very well, I just remember that she beat me. I know she plays very well on these courts and she had great results in Australia, so I knew it would be difficult. I think that today I played perfectly.
Video review of the match between Diana Yastremsky and Jessica Pegula