Svitolina shocks Pegula but others have an easier time
NOT too many seeds have fallen yet in the women’s singles yet at these Olympics, but American Jessica Pegula added her name to that list after Elina Svitolina beat her 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
In a match that lasted an hour and 47 minutes, once Svitolina got going she progressively got through the sets at a quicker pace.
Although both players got 66 per cent of their first serves in, Svitolina served four double faults while Pegula did not serve any. However, Svitolina served three aces while Pegula served only one.
Svitolina was also a lot better at the net, winning 29 per cent more points at the net than the American did, and she also converted 13 per cent more break points than her American opponent did.
Svitolina’s next opponent will be Czech Barbora Krejcikova, after she blitzed Xinyu Wang in straight sets to have a much easier time than she did in Round 1.
Krejcikova was not the only big name to have a smooth day out on court, with Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini and Coco Gauff all winning in straight sets too.
Meanwhile in the doubles it was a good day for the seeds, with Italian pair Sara Errani and Paolini, Ukrainian pair Marta Kostyuk and Dayana Yastremska and Spanish pair Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo all among the winners.
Women’s Singles Results – July 29
I.Swiatek defeated D.Parry 6-1, 6-1
J.Paolini defeated M.Linette 6-4, 6-1
C.Gauff defeated M.Carle 6-1, 6-1
B.Krejcikova defeated X.Wang 6-3, 6-2
A.Kerber defeated J.Cristian 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
M.Sakkari defeated Y.Yuan 6-2, 6-1
D.Collins defeated C.Wozniacki 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
D.Vekic defeated B.Andreescu 6-3, 6-4
E.Navarro defeated V.Tomova 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
L.Fernandez defeated C.Bucsa 7-6, 6-3
C.Osorio defeated D.Yastremska 7-6, 6-4
X.Wang defeated D.Shnaider 6-3, 6-1
A.Schmiedlova defeated B.Haddad Maia 6-4, 6-4
Q.Zheng defeated A.Rus 6-2, 6-4
M.Kostyuk defeated C.Burel 7-6, 6-2
E.Svitolina defeated J.Pegula 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Women’s Doubles Results – July 29
Muchova/Noskova defeated Alexandrova/Vesnina 2-6, 7-6 [10-6]
Aoyama/Shibahara defeated Bogdan/Cristian 6-2, 6-3
Haddad Maia/Stefani defeated Yuan/Zhang 6-4, 6-4
Errani/Paolini defeated Routliffe/Sun 6-2, 6-3
Carle/Podoroska defeated Korpatch/Maria 6-3, 6-0
Bucsa/Sorribes Tormo defeated Bronzetti/Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2
Kostyuk/Yastremska defeated Linette/Rosolska 6-4, 6-1
Kicchenok/Kichenok defeated Wang/Zheng 6-1, 6-4
Garcia/Parry defeated Rus/Schuurs 6-7, 6-3, [10-4]
Dabrowski/Fernandez defeated Burel/Gracheva 6-1, 7-5