After some big recent wins, can the world’s third-best player take home her first Grand Slam?
The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light. It’s the day before the kickoff of the city’s, which signals the beginning of North America’s hard-court-tennis-season swing that culminates with the US Open starting on Monday. Everyone is trying to enjoy the summery twilight, but it’s a little uncomfortable—amid the intense humidity, mosquitos are on the ambush.
All this was very much on display a few weeks ago at the women’s Canadian Open in Montreal, where she was up against the number-one ranked Iga Świątek in the semifinal. Pegula had taken the first set. The second set had reached a tense tiebreak when somehow someone in the producers’ booth cued the 1990’s earworm “Cotton Eye Joe”, the song’s ridiculous twang echoing out as Pegula hit a defensive lob. The chair umpire, Marija Cicak, interjected, calling for a let.
The Canadian Open is Pegula’s second 1000-level competition victory; her first came late last year at. She’s produced notable depth in Slams, having reached the quarterfinals three times at the Australian Open and once each at Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
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