Pegula: "Everyone reminds me of the opportunity to achieve a hat trick, but that is very far away"

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Something happened after winning in Bad Homburg that made Jessica Pegula lose all her positive momentum. Defeated in the first round of Wimbledon and Washington, who would have told the Buffalo tennis player that she would arrive with these urgencies at the WTA 1000 in Canada, a tournament she has conquered in the last two editions, one at each venue. Will these memories be enough to get back on the path to victory? At the moment, Pegula seems to see it as distant, although a good start can change everything. We listened to the World No. 4 at the tournament's Media Day, where she shared an interesting reflection about this two-week format.

Back in Canada

“I feel pretty good to be here, I arrived yesterday and the first day of practice was very good, I'm excited to be back. I have great memories of this place, both here and in Toronto. Everyone keeps reminding me of the opportunity to achieve a triple, but that is still far away, although I hope to find some magic here in Canada. At least, something similar to what allowed me to bring out my best tennis in recent years.”

Rough patch in the recent tournaments

“Wimbledon didn't go as I wanted, I left disappointed, but it's not too terrible to be at home for two and a half weeks before starting this tour. Now I'm focused on a new surface, adapting to it, and spending time at home, which was the nicest part. In Washington, I had a tough start, a third set against Leylah, but she was playing great tennis. I've faced her a couple of times in the past and it was always tough. I try not to be too upset about that loss, I think it was a good match on my part considering it was the first one. Now I want to start afresh in Montreal, use what I've been working on in recent weeks, and compete hard in every round.”

The secret to her success here

“I always say, I think I feel a bit more comfortable when the situation is tough. Here in Canada, the courts are always a bit faster, which I believe suits my game very well when I'm playing well. Maybe that's why I feel I've been able to adapt to this tournament a bit faster than some of my rivals. I remember that last year, I came directly to Toronto from Paris, but I had a pretty quick adaptation. This is the surface where I feel most comfortable, so all these particularities work in my favor every time we start this tour.”

Her relationship with Eugenie Bouchard

“As a curiosity, we always text each other because we were born a day apart. We share the same agent, so I've known her for a long time, recently I was able to spend some time with her because I was working on something there in DC, so we did some sponsorship activities together. I see her happy to retire here, she told me she couldn't do it physically anymore, that it wasn't worth continuing with so many injuries. For me, she's an iconic player on the circuit for all she could attract, I've always gotten along very well with her, I've seen her working very hard, although right now I can't remember if we ever faced each other.”

The two-week WTA 1000s

“I like the smaller tournaments, when they are fast, I feel like you can go and get it over with. Sometimes they get very long, especially before a Grand Slam, but I'm interested in them. This format is a bit different, it's not exactly two weeks for each tournament, it's 21 days between the two. Let's say it's a hybrid of what we saw with Madrid-Rome or Indian Wells-Miami. Honestly, I'm interested to see how it all turns out, how the players and fans feel, although I'm not a fan of the two-week format. The Slams already last two weeks, so turning every tournament into a Slam can be mentally exhausting, although I guess we'll have to get used to it.”

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