Pegula flies Austin finalists to Indian Wells on private jet

After competing successful the finals of the ATX Open connected Sunday, McCartney Kessler, Zhang Shuai, Yue Yuan and Anna Blinkova faced a lengthy travel to their adjacent lawsuit successful Indian Wells - until Jessica Pegula stepped in.

American Pegula, who bushed compatriot Kessler 7–5 6–2 successful the singles last successful Austin, offered the 4 players usage of her backstage pitchy to alert consecutive from Texas to California.

The satellite fig 4 adjacent waited until aft the doubles last - which saw Yue and Blinkova bushed Kessler and Shuai 3-6, 6-1 10-4 - to guarantee everyone could marque the 1,263-mile trip.

The players would person different faced a stopover successful Los Angeles oregon trips to airports successful Dallas and Houston, leaving small clip to hole for Indian Wells, which begins connected Wednesday.

"She could person near close aft her singles final, but she is specified a selfless and generous girl," China's Zhang posted connected Instagram.

"This connection is not to amusement I took the jet, [I] conscionable wanted to admit and transportation the love."

Russian Blinkova and China's Yue shared Zhang's communicative connected Instagram and besides thanked 31-year-old Pegula, whose billionaire parents ain NFL's Buffalo Bills and the NHL's Buffalo Sabres.

Blinkova has been drawn to play Kessler successful the archetypal circular astatine Indian Wells, portion Yue volition play Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska.

Pegula, seeded fourth, has been fixed a first-round bye. Zhang volition participate the doubles lawsuit aboriginal successful the tournament.