WTA Washington
Pegula J. vs Fernandez L.
🧠 Form & Context
Jessica Pegula
- 🎯 Consistent excellence: Top seed here, with a title in 2019 and semifinal runs in 2016 & 2023.
- 🏆 2025 momentum: Five finals already this year—Austin, Miami, Charleston among them—and a 20–6 hard-court record speaks to peak form.
- 🔥 Baseline power & depth: Threatens with heavy, well-placed groundstrokes and relentless pressure on return.
Leylah Fernandez
- 🎾 Steady start: Beat Maya Joint 6–3, 6–3 in R1, losing just one breakpoint.
- ⚠️ Inconsistency concerns: Only two quarterfinals in her last seven events; 11–8 on hard courts in 2025.
- 🌀 Lefty craftiness: Mixes slices, angles and change-of-pace to disrupt rhythm—but needs to sustain aggression.
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