In what will presumably be her final WTA tour tournament before she bows out after the US Open, Williams will face Raducanu on Monday night in what will be the first clash between the two.
Jessica Pegula, fresh off her quarterfinal defeat to Yulia Putintseva at the National Bank Open, gave her thoughts on the upcoming clash between the 40-year-old American and the 19-year-old Brit.
Williams will compete at Cincinnati after registering her first singles win of the season at the Canadian Open before losing to Belinda Bencic in the second round. Raducanu, on the other hand, lost to Camila Giorgi in her opening round clash in Toronto.
“Just feeling her presence, the power that she has; that was something different from other players” - Jessica Pegula on Serena Williams
Seventh seed Jessica Pegula beat Kazakh’s Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-3 at the Aviva Center to move into the semifinals of the 2022 Canadian Open on Friday. The World No. 7, who is the highest-ranked woman remaining in the draw, will take on Simona Halep for a place in the title clash in Toronto.
Speaking at her post-match press conference, Pegula touched upon the topic of Serena Williams after the veteran announced her plans to retire a few days ago. The two went head-to-head in the 2020 Auckland Classic final, where Williams won 6-3, 6-4 to clinch her first title since the 2017 Australian Open.
Pegula said that she’s sad to see Williams walk away from the game she has dominated for more than two decades.
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