Pegula Tops Sakkari For Guadalajara WTA 1000 Title

Jessica Pegula won the biggest title of her career taking the 1000 level crown in Guadalajara tonight defeating Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3.

“I’m just super excited, relieved, happy, like all the emotions,” Pegula said.

“Just a lot of emotions, but super excited just to get a big title next to my name. That was something I really wanted this year, and I kept saying it was one of my goals, so to be able to accomplish it at the end of the year is really cool.”

Due to rain last night, Sakkari had to first finish her semifinal against Marie Bouzkova. The Greek took the first when the rains hit last night and then today finished off Bouzkova 7-5, 6-4.

In her second match, despite having a 3-1 head-to-head edge over the American No. 1, it was all Pegula who won just her second career title.

“I thought I just played really solid, I didn’t really make a lot of silly errors or stupid decisions. I served really smart, I returned well. There were a lot of different points where I had to maybe slice and come in, or serve and volley, or do something different, and I just didn’t panic, I just kind of did what I had to do to win the point, and it was working.”

Pegula moves up to a career high No. 3 in the rankings. She’ll return to action along with the rest of the Top 8 for the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.

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