Match Details<\/p>\n
Fixture: (4) Jessica Pegula vs (10) Liudmila Samsonova<\/p>\n
Date: January 9, 2026<\/p>\n
Tournament: Brisbane International<\/p>\n
Round: Quarterfinal<\/p>\n
Category: WTA 500<\/p>\n
Venue: Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Australia<\/p>\n
Surface: Hard<\/p>\n
Prize Money: $1,206,446<\/p>\n
Live Telecast: USA \u2013 Tennis Channel | UK \u2013 Sky Sports | Canada \u2013 TSN+<\/p>\n
Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova Preview<\/p>\n
Fourth seed Jessica Pegula will face Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International 2026.<\/p>\n
Pegula received a bye into the second round, where she beat Anna Kalinskaya 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. She was up against Dayana Yastremska in the third round. The American led by a break in the first set and even served for it at 5-4. However, her younger rival bagged four games in a row to snatch the set from her.<\/p>\n
After the first set slipped out of her fingers, Pegula raised her level in the second set. She swept five consecutive games to take the match into a decider. She found herself down a break at the start of the third set but staged a quick turnaround, claiming six of the next seven games for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 comeback win.<\/p>\n
Samsonova received a first-round bye as well, following which she beat Emerson Jones 6-4, 6-1. She took on Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the third round. The Russian overturned a break deficit to capture the opening set.<\/p>\n
Samsonova made a strong start to the second set, going 3-0 up in a flash. Sasnovich then went on her own three-game run to level the score. However, Samsonova took control of the reins once again, taking three of the next four games for a 6-4, 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n
Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova Head-to-Head<\/p>\n
Pegula leads their rivalry<\/a> 4-2. Samsonova won their previous meeting at the Berlin Tennis Open 2025 in three sets.<\/p>\n Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova Odds<\/p>\n Player Jessica Pegula<\/p>\n Liudmila Samsonova<\/p>\n (Odds will be added once they\u2019re available)<\/p>\n Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova Prediction<\/p>\n New season, same old struggles, that\u2019s what Pegula must be thinking at the moment. She has won both of her matches in Brisbane in three sets, continuing her struggles from the past season. 15 of her last 20 matches have gone the distance since her three-set semifinal loss to Aryna Sabalenka at the US 2025.<\/p>\n Samsonova, on the other hand, has advanced to the quarterfinals without losing a set. She will now aim to beat Pegula on hardcourts for the first time. Both of her wins in this rivalry have come on grass.<\/p>\n One of Pegula\u2019s most dominant win came against Samsonova, handing her a 6-1, 6-0 beatdown in the final of the Canadian Open 2023. She also beat her 6-0, 6-4 in Dubai last year. However, all of their other matches have been three-set affairs. While the American will be favored to win, it won\u2019t be a walk in the park based on her own results and her history with Samsonova.<\/p>\n Pick: Jessica Pegula to win in three sets.<\/p>\n Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova Betting Tips<\/p>\n Tip 1: Jessica Pegula to win.<\/p>\n Tip 2: The match will have at least 28 games.<\/p>\n Also read:<\/p>\n \u201cThis Emma Raducanu Shade\u201d \u2013 Fans Tease Iga Swiatek After Pole Panics Over Ruined Wildcard Stat At United Cup Press Conference<\/a><\/p>\n Taylor Townsend\u2019s Painful Goodbye To Son Adyn Before Leaving Him Behind For Australian Open 2026<\/a><\/p>\n LOOK: Coco Gauff\u2019s Australian Open 2026 Outfit Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n College Sports Network has you covered with the latest news, analysis, insights, and trending stories in\u00a0tennis<\/a>,\u00a0college football<\/a>,\u00a0men\u2019s college basketball<\/a>,\u00a0women\u2019s college basketball<\/a>, and\u00a0college baseball!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Details Fixture: (4) Jessica Pegula vs (10) Liudmila Samsonova Date: January 9, 2026 Tournament: Brisbane International Round:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-395355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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