No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula almost blew an enormous lead in her Wuhan opener earlier than sealing a slender 6-4 4-6 7-6 (6) win over world No. 55 Hailey Baptiste.
The beginning of the match did not deliver something shocking as Pegula claimed two breaks to take the primary set. However the second set was a totally completely different story as Baptiste opened an early 3-0 lead. Whereas the No. 6 seed twice managed to come back again from a break down, she misplaced her serve once more within the tenth sport when serving to remain within the second set because the world No. 55 managed to pressure a decider.
After dropping the second set, Pegula bounced again properly as she broke her rival twice to open what appeared like a cushty 5-2 lead. Then, the drama began – the No. 6 seed blew two match factors within the eighth sport and three extra match factors within the ninth sport earlier than additionally failing to serve out for the match for the second time within the tenth sport.
When Baptiste went 5-4 up within the third-set tie-break, the No. 6 seed seemed to be getting ready to a shock loss. Happily for the 2024 US Open finalist, she pulled off an escape and received the match after realizing her seventh match level.
Who’s Pegula’s subsequent rival in Wuhan?
Within the Wuhan round-of-16, Pegula will tackle No. 9 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, who defeated Ann Li at this time. Previously, the American performed in opposition to the Russian 5 instances and posted a 2-3 document in these conferences.
In the meantime, by beating Baptiste, the 31-year-old American tied Amanda Anisimova on the second place for probably the most three-set wins in 2025.
13 – Gamers with probably the most wins in three-sets at WTA-level throughout 2025:
Madison Keys – 15 🇺🇸
Jessica Pegula – 13 🇺🇸
Amanda Anisimova – 13 🇺🇸
Coco Gauff – 12 🇺🇸Warriors. #WuhanOpen | @wuhanopentennis @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/CgmPbT4PJl
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) October 8, 2025
