LONDON: American fourth seed Jessica Pegula overcame a second-set wobble to dispatch Cristina Bucsa, ranked 74 places below her, 6-1 6-4 on her way to the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday (Jul 6). The Florida-based Pegula made a business-like job of wrapping up the first set before Bucsa, 25, had reall
LONDON: American fourth seed Jessica Pegula overcame a second-set wobble to dispatch Cristina Bucsa, ranked 74 places below her, 6-1 6-4 on her way to the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday .
She closed it as the evening shadows lengthened on Court One in 22 minutes, with a hefty serve that the Spaniard could only dump into the net. But Bucsa found some form mid-set, producing deft drop shots and fine angles to claw back four games as Pegula's intensity waned.
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