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MATCH REPORT | 2024 Australian Open: Jessica PEGULA eases through Melbourne opener with Marino win
WTATuesday, 16 January 2024 at 13:55
Jessica Pegula is successfully through to the second round as first round action comes to a close at the 2024 Australian Open. The World No.5 took down Canadian qualifier, Rebecca Marino in just over an hour sealing it 6-2, 6-4 in the end.
Pegula who last week had to withdraw from the latter stages of the Adelaide International due to stomach flu will hope that the withdrawal was the precaution she needed ahead of the Australian Open as she flew through her opener.
The first set was sealed in just 26 minutes as she sealed a vital break at 2-1 to head into the lead and built that from there with a double break coming at 5-2 to head towards the opening set which she took comfortably. Marino did not get a single opportunity or remotely close on the Pegula serve as the American showed her quality throughout.
Set two was a bit more of a slog for Pegula who had to survive two break opportunities to make it 1-1 and then lost her serve at 3-3. Albeit she broke straight back fairly comfortably as Marino could not find her way back into the tie from there.
After going 4-3 up, she held serve twice more producing the win on her second match point and comfortably moving into the second round. There she will face Clara Burel with Martina Trevisan likely awaiting again. Also sitting in her section are Qinwen Zheng and Emma Raducanu who could be on a collision course next barring wins for Katie Boulter and Yafan Wang.
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