Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Raducanu | 2022 Cincinnati Round of 16 | WTA Match Highlights 

Yes she is the most consistent this year. She doesn't win titles but still week in week out she plays at a great level

When she went deep in big tournaments she was only stopped by Swiatek (Miami and RG), Jabeur (Madrid) and Halep (Toronto) not bad loses considering all we’re in form players at that time. Impressive

She might be one of the women that keeps me watching wta if she can take control. She can play on all surfaces pretty good

Pegula would take out IGA in current form. Very consistent and a 80 percent first serve win count don't get much better than that

Love how she is making very deep runs in so many tournaments this year. Her time to shine will be very soon

Agree. Just to add these highlights point out how good her deception is on the forehand. Emma was fooled by the down-the-line shot repeatedly.

Yes I love her

She wanted Radacannu's scalp, Jessica has a smart coach, but she is lackadaisical at times.

I would argue consistency is a weapon itself. Jess is also not what I would call a pusher. She has good, solid strokes. Combine that with consistency, and you have a very tough opponent. Add to that, good strategy, and it's easy to see why she's doing so well.

@@bigrobsydney yes, that is a good point. She is a formidable opponent.

Jessica is a great and consistent tennis player who well deserves to be No.1 in America. However, Emma has not had a good year and certainly receives too much media attention!!

Liar

Her shots have more weight than Raducanu. Raducanu is more a ball-machine player with flaws on the FH.

Pegula is a no nonsense player. Playing double with Coco, and winning, improved her tools.

When she puts in pre season work in December that will help her, she'll have a much better year next year. If she can get to last 16 of USO that will put her around 50 In the world, she can rebuild from there.

I’m rooting for Emma and followed her every tournament, but she definitely needs a coach. Garcia crushed Pegula and Emma lost her match to Garcia at Wimbledon. When she against a more consistent and tougher opponent she thinks too much. When that happens she loses the crucial points. I really hope she gets a coach to work with that will get her in the right direction. The way she played at US open last year was with so much confidence and without anything to lose. I don’t see her getting far this year at the US open. She will drop back in her ranking and based on her level at this moment it is quite fair. Against Pegula I saw she consistently made wrong choices. She was out of sorts with game-plan. So I hope she finds a coach that will help her to become that player that has the confidence as an all-rounder and adapt and adjust whatever is needed playing against her opponents.

She won the tournament before the Covid hits.

Thought it would be more like 6-3,6-2, but Pegula did falter mentally a bit.

@@alani3992 yep she had many breaks opportunities. She should have easily won the first set 6-1 but she had mental slumps often

@@alani3992 And EMMA didn't falter mentally a bit ??

That’s what Emma could’ve done better. Emma was hitting well and aggressively but not enough in the corners, too much centrally and Jess was hardly missing and her big shots were landing.

Pretty good summary of the match. Raducanu definitely playing better now but still returning the ball too centrally and back to the opponent. Nothing to be ashamed of in this defeat as she was beaten by a seasoned hard working top 10 pro who played a solid error free match.

Yes my thoughts exactly Re hitting it meekly back to opponent. Not going to win you matches. When she went for it she looked like she could threaten anybody on tour but then went into her shell for some reason. Been doing that all to often Not good enough sadly.

@@stephencrawford6082 Yes I think Emma got a false sense of security after thrashing 2 old timers came back to earth playing a top 10 player like Pegula. Emma fought better this time after losing the first set.

Yep, fully agree... that's another reason why she needs to add some variation when she finds players who can easily overpower her. I think this tournament was the best she's played in a long time, so hopefully she's on the right path

She makes them feel inadequate. Reminds them of how miserable their lives are. That’s why they hate on her.

Or just don't read rhe comments when she losses

@@deusexmachina9776 You’re actively one of them.

@@jgooner894 yeah i am critical of emma. I was never convinced when she won the us open. The hype around her winning only made me more annoyed and you know what? It feels good to ve proven right. The hype was unearned. I am critical of a lot of players not just her

It's always fine when people show their thoughts. You're not her, so stop doing what's irrelevant to you.

7-5 6-4 is not a bad scoreline, especially when you put Emma's 2022 struggles into account. She played well for her level and she is really improving these past few weeks.

Raducanu should have lost in R1 but the tournament probably helped her since she drew Serena

It was a comfortable win for Pegula. No other result then a win for her was in doubt so no it wasn't close really. Raducanu still hasn't put together 3 wins in nearly a year.

Emma looks better but her 2 previous matches were with someone who is retiring and both Williams and Azarenka were not in the best of shape. You play who you're scheduled to but don't hype up those 2 previous matches. She will be elite. She seems well grounded and works hard.

Emma Raducanu only won over Serena & Vika because they're ancient players who barely moved & playing. She was just being lucky because they were exhausted to the aging When Emma plays a younger top players like Jessica Pegula she's definitely become a loser 🤭🤭

Lmao

@Broken Hill Man You should stop posting silly, ignorant comments.

@@stormyweather9917 You don't like free speech MAGAt?

Huh

She went to Canada before this tourney

@Paul Luk Envy, jealousy and all the miserable traits that bitter people harbor!

Well this is one of the times where this is the result that should happen. Pegula is the higher ranked player and 3 in the race.

Very well. I hate watching sport which is predictible.

That's why you should never look at standings in WTA. It's very deceptive. Except Iga, because she really deserves where she is but the rest (Konta, Badosa etc); I don't know how they climbed up there but definitely they do not play like a true number 2 or 3. JPeg is the real number 2 right now, imo. Very underrated. Then it's probably Halep, she still makes a difference and that's it. I can not name any other player. All of the rest are almost the same.

@@vbw4501 To be fair to Kontaveit and Badosa they have at least 2 pieces of silverware in the last 12 months. While some others are higher ranked by making more consistent runs in tournaments without winning trophies.

because it is a weak competition

Well said!

Precisely

Decent by Emma against the true top 10 player. Jess played brilliantly so Emma being that close is a good song for her.

I thought she would get smashed by pegula but not to bad won 9 games to 13 from world no5..

Most top tens don't stay in a "warmup" tournament for too long.

I hope hater and jealousy don't come out when Emma loses 🙏

It was a close match. Go get a life instead of hating on other folks.

Raducanu was losing pretty badly against players ranked pretty low. Azarenka is not in bad form, still around the 20's, and for emma to be in 2 tight sets against Pegula, who is third in the race, and makes semi's in every tournament, is not bad at all.

@@_youssef1989 I hope hater and jealousy don't come out when Emma loses 🙏

I totally agree

Slice balls weren’t a problem, more of those would’ve even nice to switch up rhythm cause she wasn’t missing with a lot of aggressive central shots from Emma. She needed to hit more aggressive shots towards the corners too, there was a bit too many central.

Shows how much you know about tennis.🤣

Lolz queen in your dreams. But loser actually

Beating The Ageing queen Serena and azarenka is no confidence booster. The real test is Pegula and other younger players. Emma is just another lucky GS winner.

She hasn't been on a GS throne in nearly SIX years. 🤔

Queen 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@beyou8038 PEDs queen.

Hope she can recover quickly from this loss and peak in the coming US Open.

Yes I think that's a good analysis. I like how she's starting to use more of the court like she did last year in Flushing Meadows, but she had the surprise factor then and nobody knew her game. She needs to do everything a little better is a short summary, but this tournament has hopefully shown her that she's not a million miles away.

She will lose to anybody with a compact serve & forehand.

Serena and Azarenka are old cows now. Don't fool yourself.

@@maggotbrain7499 yes but are still can beat any one and if both are still playing that means both believe they can challange the young cows..

Nope. Her beauty alone makes it worth the price. This might upset you a bit, but millions of people love her. She was a good investment.

@@gmeadows62 Yes I agree, win or lose Emma is still one of the most popular players on the WTA Tour, you only have to look at the amount of views her WTA match highlights get compared to some of the other WTA players to see how popular she is. This is something her sponsors will be acutely aware of and be extremely happy with.

slightly better compact stroke production, & superior to Raducanu's vanilla wta tour swing.

If she had won today I would have suspected a fix!!!

I hope hater and jealousy don't come out when Emma loses 🙏

You are a hater.

You are a minority. REMEMBER THAT

How about Jabeur played with same age like her ...lost Swiatek played M.Keys rank# 30 lost .left court crying.

Emma was hitting a lot of UE early in the match.

Who is RBA?

@@tomgraham3206 Roberto Bautista Agut, gritty Spanish player

@@ileanasantamaria2364 ah okay I was trying to think of a woman by those initials. Yes, maybe. I think of her as more a modern day Mary Jo Fernandez. Very steady and unflappable, does most things well. Maybe not a slam winner as she tends to lose to the best on their day. Having said that, that could change.

As to strokes, Pegula’s forehand reminds me a lot of Kerber’s. Not as flat as Kerber’s, but still quite compact and flatter than most.

@@ClarkShin English please

She turns corners, back to 1st round.

@@sciencekid7565 she better hope she gets Venus Williams in the first round 😂

Two tight sets against a player ranked number 7. She is still rebuilding after various setbacks this year so disappointing to lose I imagine but certainly not disastrous.

Do you think Jessica Pegula really drinks Heinekein beer when she is not playing tennis. I think not. I definitely think not. Heinlein paid her $22,000 to take a drink of Heinekein beer during her press conference. Go figure.

That's her Asian part.

Well Emma has time and a lot of tennis to add more power to her game, she hit her new best serve at 112mph in this match I noticed. Pegula was too strong on more central shots so Emma should’ve went for more corner shots.

that's a low bar for a US Open champion

@@fcf777 You dont get sarcasm, do you?

@@arunraju9705 He didn't but I do

An improvement for sure pegula would take out IGA in current form 13 games to 9 not to shabby playing world no.8

Exiting in the 3rd round of an elite professional tennis tournament is definitely a bigger achievement than being a RU-vid comments critic, but well done anyway Arun.

@rued siuu you can't be a one hit wonder one year into your career

You said everything 👍

Yes, it will be similar to what happened to Andreescu last year after her 2019 Us Open points fell off.

and kenin (still gutted for her honestly)

@@Dark0blivion IMO, Andreescu case was a bit different as she was ranked #178 at the end of 2018 and then she won the USO in 2019 and ended the year at #5. In 2020 she still managed to be in the top 10 at #7 then the worst came to her in 2021 and she got injured plus the mental health conditions and did not play. Hence her ranking plummeted and now just trying to play again. So she really did not come out of nowhere.

Did you express a take there? You commented a fact on potential results but not what you think. If she drops down the rankings it probably won’t be bad for her cause she’ll be more an underdog again and she can have a more natural gradual rise up the rankings trying to be more consistent across multiple tournaments.

No doubt they’ll hand her wildcards like crazy

Kudos to her new Coach, the Russian Dmitry Tursunov! What say you U.K. Lawn Tennis Association? Banning Russian and Belarusian players in the U.K. especially at Wimbledon but having a Russian Coach for your top female tennis player? Laughable, yeah?

Lighter balls...the only reason for her improvement

@@azharshaharuddin8850 You know, that makes perfect sense. Emma is a lightweight, literally - her rally ball is not consistently deep, and her technique and frail frame make it difficult to get consistent depth. Power players with solid movement, and there are many, eat that combination for breakfast. She doesn't have any exceptional strengths or weapons, and it shows against a better class of opponent than she had in those ten matches in New York last year. Still a remarkable accomplishment, but it must be put in perspective, and the reality check that this year has been for Emma has done just that.

She should go back to her thick weight pre 'demic. Will get more weight on shots.

@@ileanasantamaria2364 She played Washington and Toronto with these lighter balls and wasn’t playing like she has this week. She’s said she gonna play more free, she was hitting a lot better and going for more shots. You can’t have watched her much if you don’t think she has any big weapons.

😂

No big strengths either

Same thing of game- should have a variety

Well, we can say she has been doing nothing but learning during the past year.

lol

It is just tennis, so why should she act like a crazy fool, like the other players. It is just one moment in the match.

@@maggotbrain7499 That's what I'm saying. She's so cool.

@@D_SQ ok

That was the key point in the match. Raducanu had 3 chances to put that point away, but hit little soft shots that were easily returnable each time. It was all downhill after that.

She's one year into her career

Don't be ridiculous

She was hitting a lot of UE.

Emma could’ve moved Pegula around more, she was hitting well aggressively but more central and was getting everything back making no errors pretty much and hitting some crazy shots that were landing in. A good week for Emma to keep building, a lot better play than recently.

@@jgooner894 I completely agree, I saw her being hesitant as times she tried to move her around they were going out slightly compared to pegula scraping the line on many of her shots which was unfortunate for Emma

It's not too bad a play if you get good length but anything even slightly short is going to come back with interest.

Emma was having problems placing the ball and UEs were creeping up.