Pegula<\/a> said she knew patience would be important and was pleased with how she handled the pressure points.<\/p>\n\n\u201cI think I just played smart and played some, you know, long games and pressure points pretty well when I needed to,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe American also explained how she managed to build momentum after a closely fought opening set. She said the first set was played at a high level and that winning it gave her confidence to carry the momentum into the second.<\/p>\n
Pegula Admits Cincinnati Conditions Were Tough<\/p>\n
\nThe match was also affected by rain delays, forcing Pegula to wait before finally taking the court.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI felt like a big bowl of sawdust today,\u201d she joked, describing the difficulty of staying ready through the delays.<\/p>\n
\nNow into the Round of 16, Pegula knows the challenge will only increase. She will face Sorana Cirstea, whom she has not played in a long time.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s been having a great year,\u201d Pegula said. \u201cShe takes the ball early, plays an aggressive game, serve well, returns well. I feel like she’s a pretty all-around player.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nPegula will now look to carry her momentum into the next round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessica Pegula defeated Emma Navarro 7-5, 6-2 in the Cincinnati Open Round of 32 to reach the next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-862784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}