by Jessica Pegula entered Wimbledon with high expectations. As n ° 3 of women, Pegula had to take a deep race during the event, without taking up a real challenge before the last tours.
All hope for this push ended on Tuesday, while Pegula shocked the first round of the tournament at Elisabetta Cocciatto. Pegula lost in straight sets against player n ° 116 female (6-2, 6-3).
It was an unusually botched day for Pegula, who marked four double faults in the loss. Services were a major problem for her; She could only obtain 52% of her first serves a game. When she succeeded, she performed well, winning 65% of these points. But when she had to use her second service, she had trouble, winning points on only 42% of her second sales points. Pegula did not help herself in the loss, making 24 uncomposed mistakes against Cocciatto.
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These errors have trained a quick match. Pegula was eliminated by the Coccireret in just 58 minutes.
He marked the second time Pegula and Cocciaretto on the square. Before Tuesday, the two clashed in Wimbledon in 2023. Pegula did a quick job of Cocciaretto in this match, beating his 6-4, 6-0.
While Pegula has not yet won a big slam, she usually does deep races at each event. Tuesday’s defeat has scored the first time since 2020 that Pegula was eliminated from a great slam in the first round.
For all the success of Pegula, Wimbledon remains its most difficult event in the Grand Chelem. On Tuesday, Pegula had only a percentage of victories of 62% at the tournament, his lowest among all the great chelems.
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This number will be less than the result of its loss of first round against Cocciatto.
With the victory, Cocciatto will pass in the second round to Wimbledon for the third time in his career. She reached the third round in 2023, but missed the tournament in 2024 due to a disease.
