Pegula pulls out of ATX Open with left knee injury
Jessica Pegula has pulled out of this week’s ATX Open with a left knee injury.
Pegula, the highest seed and defending champion in Austin, had been scheduled to face Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova in her opening match.
The withdrawal comes on the World No. 5’s thirty second birthday, and simply days after she claimed her tenth profession WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz title in Dubai.
It was fairly the busy week for Pegula on the second WTA 1000 match of the season, profitable 5 matches — together with a pair of back-to-back three-setters — in 5 days.
After profitable the title, she instructed WTAtennis.com’s Greg Garber that regardless of being older than many of her Top 20 counterparts, she feels as wholesome and sturdy as ever.
“I’m old, you can say it,” she stated with fun. “I do not really feel that outdated as a result of I had so many accidents in my early 20s. I do not suppose I’ve constructed up the wear and tear and tear on tour yearly. I used to be harm rather a lot. I used to be in a position to mature and discover my recreation and consider in what I wanted to do by the ups and downs.
“I hope I can inspire girls to show that you don’t have to be 20 years old. You can still play really good tennis if you take care of your body and keep improving. So yeah, I’m really proud of myself that I can do that as a player at 32 now.”
Pegula is now 13-2 on the younger season, with her lone losses coming to Marta Kostyuk within the Brisbane semi-finals and Elena Rybakina within the Australian Open semi-finals. She’s reached the semifinals at seven consecutive occasions relationship again to final yr’s US Open, essentially the most since Agnieszka Radwanska from 2015-16.
Pegula had a dominant run in her Austin debut final yr, dropping only one set and defeating countrywoman McCartney Kessler 7-5, 6-2 within the closing.
She’s been changed within the draw by fortunate loser Yuan Yue, who received this match in 2024. Australian Open quarterfinalist Iva Jovic is now the highest seed.
Pegula is scheduled to play Indian Wells subsequent, after which Miami, the place she made the ultimate final yr.
