Jessica Pegula On-Court Interview | 2024 US Open Round 1

[Applause] first of all congrats I know that you knew that this was a possibility tonight with Shelby you knew that it was going to be the last match if you were to win this so I'm going to give you a chance to say a few words about Shelby and just about the match in general oh gosh I'm going to get emotional too um well congrats on a great career I mean amazing um seriously I'm like getting emotional um it's okay J I I know I I'm sorry I'm getting more emotional I remember just playing 16 under Southerns with her and um now we're here and I think it's so cool so I I'm sorry what you doing too for this I'm sorry um I I she probably thought she was doing really well and then I broke her down um no but I mean seriously like we grew up playing Juniors together grew up in the same sections and it's really crazy I mean now we get to play night match at Ash and obviously she's had some amazing wins here amazing results here at the US Open so just um I have an amazing time I'm sure I'll see you in Florida and we'll go on more uh we'll take our dog on more uh dogs on more play dates and um I'll get to hang out with you and John and congrats to you and your family and everyone that's here and your team um yeah I know you've been through a lot with injuries and and all that stuff so it's just I don't know I just wish you the all the best in in the next chapter how tough was it also you come into this tournament just a little bit about you you come into this tournament playing some great tennis you're one of the favorites here at this tournament well what does it mean for you to to have that opportunity to play in your home country and also be somebody that a lot of people are talking about they can go deep into this tournament yeah I mean I knew coming into this match there was a lot of challenges and a lot of weird kind of variables on my play one playing an American playing Shelby knowing it could be her last match and then coming in on a great couple weeks and all of a sudden turning into one of the favorites when my year hasn't been that great has been kind of crazy so um I'm glad I was able to deal with all the things tonight and then obviously first match on ash at night is never easy as well getting used to the conditions so yeah I'm just happy that I I was able to to get through that tonight um and hopefully I can just you know keep improving at the tournament as the tournament goes on all right well congrats Jess just so you know Chrissy wants one of your dresses okay she loves it back to you guys

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