Pegula tops Kessler in Austin for first title of 2025
Lucky number seven! Jessica Pegula captured her seventh career Hologic WTA Tour singles title at the ATX Open in Austin on Sunday by defeating McCartney Kessler in an all-American final, 7-5, 6-2.
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In the first all-American final on U.S. soil since Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys to win the 2017 US Open, top seed Pegula came from a break down in the first set of her first-ever match against No. 5 seed Kessler to capture her first title since winning the WTA 1000 in Toronto last summer, and her first title in the U.S. in six years after finishing as the runner-up last year at both Cincinnati and the US Open.
The win also snaps a three-match losing streak for the World No. 4 in finals, and brings her into the upcoming to back-to-back WTA 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami on a five-match unbeaten run on home soil. Pegula has never been past the quarterfinals at the BNP Paribas Open.
More to come…
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