WTA Finals 2023: Jessica Pegula Amankan Tiket Babak Empat Besar

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Jessica Pegula
Petenis Jessica Pegula lolos ke semifinal WTA Finals 2023 setelah mengalahkan pemain nomor satu dunia, Aryna Sabalenka, di Cancun, Meksiko. (Hendy AS/Skor.id)

SKOR.id – Petenis Jessica Pegula berhasil menundukkan tunggal putri nomor satu dunia Aryna Sabalenka secara meyakinkan, 6-4, 6-3, dalam pertandingan kedua Grup Bacalar WTA Finals 2023.

Ini adalah kemenangan ketiga Pegula atas pemain nomor satu dunia sepanjang 2023. Sebelum Sabelenka, ia mengalahkan Iga Swiatek di semifinal Kanada Open, Agustus lalu, dan United Cup pada Januari.

Pegula juga menjadi yang pertama lolos ke empat besar WTA Finals 2023. Itu dipastikan berkat kesuksesan mengungguli Sabalenka dan kemenangan Elena Rybakina atas Maria Sakkari, dua rival lainnya di fase grup.

Setelah pada WTA Finals 2022 meraih hasil mengecewakan, 0-3, tahun ini petenis Amerika Serikat tersebut merupakan satu-satunya yang belum pernah kalah di Grup Bacalar. 

Jessica Pegula mengatakan bahwa dirinya adalah pemain yang berbeda dibanding saat pertama kali tampil dalam WTA Finals tahun lalu. Atlet 29 tahun ini mengaku bisa lebih percaya diri pada musim 2023.

“Saya merasa lebih nyaman bermain melawan (pemain top) tahun ini, saya lebih percaya diri. Tahun lalu ketika saya mencapai Top 5, saya pikir saya sedikit membebani mental saya. Ada beberapa pemikiran di kepala Anda,” ungkap Pegula.

“Saya selalu bisa mengatasi mereka yang berada di bawah saya, namun sekarang Anda harus mengalahkan satu atau dua orang di atas Anda. Tahun ini saya tidak terlalu peduli (soal siapa lawan yang dihadapi).”

“Saya menjadi lebih percaya diri dalam pertandingan-pertandingan tersebut dan itulah mengapa saya bisa mendapatkan lebih banyak kemenangan melawan para pemain top. Saya rasa di situlah saya mengalami peningkatan,” ia menuturkan.

Kemenangan di Estadio Paradisus, Cancun, Meksiko, Rabu (1/11/2023) WIB, juga jadi terobosan lain bagi Jessica Pegula. Ia kalah empat kali beruntun dalam lima pertemuan sebelumnya melawan Sabalenka.

Pegula mengatakan salah satu kunci suksesnya mengalahkan Sabalenka adalah pukulan keras. Ini sekaligus menepis anggapan bahwa permainannya kurang bertenaga dibandingkan tunggal putri nomor satu dunia. 

“Saya memukul (bola) dengan keras. Orang mungkin tidak berpikir saya memukul dengan keras. Mungkin karena tak terlihat seperti itu? Pukulan saya lebih datar, (memang) tidak seberat Aryna, tetapi pukulan saya keras,” kata Pegula lagi.

Sabalenka sendiri masih punya peluang melaju ke semifinal. Namun, ia harus berjuang pada partai ketiga grup yang menentukan, versus Elena Rybakina. Siapa pun yang menang bakal menemani Pegula ke babak empat besar WTA Finals 2023.   

Keduanya sama-sama sudah menang dan kalah satu kali. Sabelenka menundukkan Sakkari, 6-0, 6-1, dan takluk dari Pegula. Sedangkan Rybakina bisa mengatasi Sakkari, 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2), namun menyerah saat melawan Pegula, 5-7, 6-2.  

Source: wtatennis.com

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