Pegula Suffers Shock Early Exit From 2023 Italian Open in Rome

Jessica Pegula is out of the 2023 Italian Open in Rome after her first match as compatriot Taylor Townsend outclassed her. The world no. 3 had a quarterfinal
Jessica Pegula is out of the 2023 Italian Open in Rome after her first match as compatriot Taylor Townsend outclassed her. The world no. 3 had a quarterfinal run in Madrid and she wanted to follow up on that at the WTA 1000 event in Rome, but she faced a player who beat her in their only meeting and wanted to follow up on that win also on the clay courts of Foro Italico, Taylor Townsend. The 27-year-old American has been enjoying a lot of success recently, breaking into the Top 10 of the WTA Rankings in doubles, right behind Coco Gauff and Pegula, who was also her second-round opponent at the 2023 Italian Open, after she eliminated Ysaline Bonaventure in the first round. Before the first-round match, Townsend succeeded also in the qualifying and thanks to leading the H2H, she was certainly coming into the match against the third-seeded Pegula with a lot of confidence. And even though that confidence wasn't visible in the first two games, the tables quickly turned. Pegula was up 2-0 after an early break, but

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