48-0 when winning first set this year: Jessica Pegula reacts to crazy stat after opening WTA Finals with Elena Rybakina win

Jessica Pegula has been the model of consistency for some time on the WTA Tour and that has shown in her victories after winning the first set in a stat that shocked her at the WTA Finals.

Pegula defeated Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-2 to open the tournament in a tough group that some expected her to be winless out of with Aryna Sabalenka, Maria Sakkari and Rybakina, but amid the poor conditions, it was Pegula that thrived.

She holds a record of 48-0 this year when winning the first set and this made Pegula wide-eyed at the insanity of it.

"Really? Oh wow. Holy [laughs] Really? Wow. I really, I'm going to be zeroing on these first sets now. Or like, if I won the first set Im going to be really tight, like if I don't win the second set I'm going to uh[sighs]."

But on being reminded that winning in the first and losing the second would mean there is still a third set, she honed in on the positives. "I gotta look at it in a positive way. Thank you. That's a crazy stat."