{"id":21672,"date":"2025-08-04T05:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pegula-falls-in-montreal-to-sevastova-osaka-advances-decisively\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T05:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:16:35","slug":"pegula-falls-in-montreal-to-sevastova-osaka-advances-decisively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/pegula-falls-in-montreal-to-sevastova-osaka-advances-decisively\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegula falls in Montreal to Sevastova; Osaka advances decisively"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pegula Surprisingly Eliminated in Montreal; Sevastova Shocks<\/h2>\n\nIn a day full of surprises at the National Bank Open, the current two-time champion Jessica Pegula was eliminated in the third round. Anastasija Sevastova, with a significantly lower ranking, achieved a resounding victory, leaving everyone speechless.\n\nSevastova, from Latvia and currently ranked 386th, proved her worth by defeating Pegula with scores of 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The veteran tennis player, who reached number 11 in the world in 2018, took advantage of her break opportunities, converting six out of ten.\n\n\n

Somehow, I was losing 2-0 in the second set and started playing better and better. In the third set, I played very well. I just tried to stay on the court as long as possible.<\/p>Anastasija Sevastova<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn the night shift, Iga Swiatek, Wimbledon champion and world number two, had no trouble defeating Eva Lys with a score of 6-2, 6-2. Swiatek advanced to face Clara Tauson.\n\nSevastova’s participation in this tournament is notable, considering that she has played few high-level matches in recent years. Her entry into the main draw came thanks to a protected ranking, after recovering from a knee injury.\n\n\n

It’s difficult, but I think I’m also a fighter on the court. I didn’t want to give up. This was really about coming back and proving that you can do it after an ACL tear, after such a setback. It was like unfinished business.<\/p>Anastasija Sevastova<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPegula’s defeat continues a negative streak for the tennis player, who has not managed to stand out in recent tournaments.\n\n\n

To be honest, it hasn’t been great. I really don’t feel like I’m playing great tennis. Sometimes I do, but I feel very inconsistent, a little sloppy, which I don’t like. It really bothers me.<\/p>Jessica Pegula<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSevastova will face Naomi Osaka, who secured her place in the next round after defeating Jelena Ostapenko.\n\nOsaka, former world number one, showed a solid game with five aces and took advantage of six out of nine break opportunities to seal her victory in one hour and twelve minutes.\n\n\n

She broke me a couple of times, but she’s a very good returner, so I can’t take it personally. I went in there knowing she’s a great player, and if I give her an opportunity, she’s going to make me a winner, so I just tried to keep my rhythm and stay as solid as possible.<\/p>Naomi Osaka<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn other featured results, Amanda Anisimova defeated Emma Raducanu and will face Elina Svitolina. Madison Keys also achieved a victory against Caty McNally.\n\n\n

I did a good job today of recovering after the first set. Letting go of the first set and moving forward. I’m glad I was able to do that.<\/p>Madison Keys<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pegula Surprisingly Eliminated in Montreal; Sevastova Shocks In a day full of surprises at the National Bank Open, the current two-time champion Jessica Pegula was eliminated in the third round. Anastasija Sevastova, with a significantly lower ranking, achieved a resounding victory, leaving everyone speechless. Sevastova, from Latvia and currently ranked 386th, proved her worth by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[6694,951,814,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-21672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tennis","7":"tag-anastasija-sevastova","8":"tag-iga-swiatek","9":"tag-naomi-osaka","10":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}