"She's definitely not invincible": Pegula confident of ability to topple imperious World No.1 Swiatek

World No. 3 Jessica Pegula recently said that she doesn't believe Iga Swiatek is invincible on the court as she looks to rival the imperious Pole.

Pegula despite that has a poor record with seven meetings seeing the Pole emerging victorious on five occasions. The American won their first meeting at the 2019 Citi Open, and her most recent victory over the Pole came at the 2023 United Cup, a 6-2, 6-2 demolition that left the World No. 1 in tears.

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"She's definitely not invincible in my mind," Pegula said. "I have played her in pretty close matches. But obviously with her winning, you know, a lot of matches and the streak she went on last year, yeah, she definitely was feeling it for a while there.

"But it definitely helps. I think it helps just knowing what I have to do to win, knowing what worked, what didn't work."

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Pegula then reflected on her 2023 United Cup victory over Swiatek, saying it was a "flawless" match and that it gave her plenty of confidence.

"You know, I played a pretty flawless match, to be honest, that match," reflected Pegula. "I kind of did everything I wanted to do was just working. Some days are like that and you take it. But I think, you know, obviously there was a lot of different, the conditions were different, courts are pretty fast, and I think it maybe favored me a little bit.

"Yeah, it definitely helps strategy-wise, what I know I need to do and knowing that it worked, for the most part, definitely gives confidence, you know, for whenever the next time I have to play her."