The American Jessica Pegula had a perfect finish in her group at the WTA Finals 2023 tournamentThursday by defeating the Greek Maria Sakkari in two sets with partials of 6-3 and 6-2.
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In it first match of the third day of the Bacalar GroupPegula, fifth sown, beat eighth-seeded Sakkariin one hour and 19 minutes.
Jessica Pegula defeats Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2 to finish undefeated in the Bacalar Group and extend her undefeated record to 8-0 in Mexico after winning Guadalajara 2022 and participating in the #WTAFinals from Cancun. pic.twitter.com/ZpWtLZZAJ3
— WTA Spanish (@WTA_Espanol) November 3, 2023
This way, Pegula was the leader of its group with three victories while Sakkari said goodbye to the contest after being eliminated with three defeats.
In the second game of the day, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, world number 1, and the Kazakh Elena Rybakinafourth seed, They faced each other for the second pass to semi-finals of the Bacalar Group.
The WTA Finals are played on the hard court of the Paradisus Stadium in the resort of Cancún and distributes 9 million dollars in prizes.
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