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Fourth seed Jessica Pegula used her veteran savvy to outlast rising American teenager Iva Jovic on Sunday at Wimbledon, winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals for the second time \u2014 matching the best result of her Wimbledon career.<\/p>

The match was a messy affair early on, with the opening set featuring seven service breaks. Pegula dropped that first set \u2014 her first of the entire tournament \u2014 but she regrouped and elevated her game significantly from there against the 18-year-old Jovic.<\/p>

After dropping the opening game of the second set, Pegula rattled off four consecutive games and never slowed down. Her serve became a weapon again, and she began limiting her unforced errors, putting the match firmly in her control.<\/p>

By the third set, the 16th-seeded Jovic appeared to lose her fighting spirit as the 32-year-old Pegula closed things out efficiently on a sun-drenched Court One.<\/p>

“That was really tough,” Pegula said following the victory. “Iva’s a great player and brings lots of energy and intensity and I just couldn’t find my serve in the first set even though I wasn’t playing badly. Luckily I started to serve better.”<\/p>

Pegula, who has reached at least the quarter-final stage at all four Grand Slam tournaments, was one of five American women to make it to the last 16 at Wimbledon \u2014 the most since 2002.<\/p>

Depending on the outcome of a later Sunday match between Coco Gauff and Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, Pegula could find herself facing yet another American in the quarter-finals.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fourth-seeded American Jessica Pegula overcame a slow start to defeat fellow American Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday, advancing to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second time in her career. The 32-year-old dropped the opening set but regained her footing with stronger serving and fewer errors to pull away. Pegula could potentially face another American in the quarterfinal round depending on another match result later Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783264588198.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nJf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46618,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/charleston-open-top-seed-jessica-pegula-survives-another-three-set-battle\/","url_meta":{"origin":91217,"position":0},"title":"Charleston Open: Top Seed Jessica Pegula Survives Another Three-Set Battle","author":"Admin","date":"April 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Defending champion Jessica Pegula faced another grueling three-set match at the Charleston Open, defeating Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto in a dramatic comeback. 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