Resilient Pegula makes quarter-finalsAFP, WASHINGTONDefending champion and top seed Jessica Pegula on Thursday fought back to reach the WTA Charleston Open quarter-finals, requiring a final-set tiebreak to see off Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/1). A resilient Pegula, the world No. Jessica Pegula of the US returns to Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto in their Charleston Open women’s singles match in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday. Pegula rallied in the second set, but was immediately broken in a topsy-turvy final set, in which she trailed 1-4. Pegula drew first blood, going up 1-0 off Cocciaretto’s serve, then won every point on her own serve before Cocciaretto double-faulted to hand her the match.

Source: Taipei Times April 03, 2026 20:12 UTC