US Open 2023 results: Jessica Pegula loses to Madison Keys; Marketa Vondrousova wins

Jessica Pegula reached the quarter-finals astatine past year's US Open

Third effect Jessica Pegula near the tribunal successful tears aft a frustrating US Open fourth-round decision by American compatriot Madison Keys.

Despite her occurrence connected the WTA Tour, the 29-year-old has yet to spell beyond the quarter-finals astatine immoderate Grand Slam.

Keys, runner-up successful New York successful 2017, volition look Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova next.

Pegula won the Canadian Open successful the build-up to the last large of the year, registering a notable triumph implicit apical ranked Iga Swiatek successful the process.

However, she has consistently struggled to interruption done astatine the majors, having ne'er gone beyond the past 8 successful six attempts.

Pegula was off-colour from the start, struggling to find her bushed against the big-hitting Keys.

She deed conscionable 3 winners successful the archetypal set, which she mislaid successful conscionable 28 minutes, and rapidly recovered herself a interruption down successful the second.

Pegula was capable to instrumentality vantage of a blip from Keys to retrieve the interruption for 3-3, but she mislaid the adjacent 3 games arsenic Keys reasserted her dominance.

The 2 are bully friends, having often trained together, and shared a lukewarm hug astatine the nett earlier a tearful Pegula near the court.

Keys volition present look Vondrousova, who had to combat backmost to spot disconnected spirited American Peyton Stearns 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-2.

It is the archetypal clip the Czech has reached the quarter-finals successful New York.

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