Iga Swiatek - Jessica Pegula: US Open Quarter-Final Preview

ready play like we expect it to be very competitive and it might be one of the best matches we get out of that rivalry given how Jess is playing yeah I'm expecting it to be their most competitive match so far like in terms of you know quality and yeah I mean I mean p definitely has a chance at beating e right now the way that she's been the way that she's been playing the kind of the kind of tennis that we know can trouble EA but at the same time you know these last two matches have made me feel pretty good about IGA as well you know the way she uh she beats Pao jenova and Sam sonova and similar type of opponents but and we know pigula hasn't won a s quarterfinal but you know she's played e twice party once um V dusa match is probably the one that got away for her um but I but I feel like this is she she she'll really come in confident and she'll like her chances um but I'm curious to see is it a day match or a night match because of course don't know yet but um yeah not sure what's GNA be the next um what's going to be the other quarter hadat Maya against um mova mova yeah should be a night match then I guess maybe the same the same slot as today yeah actually I think Knight helps Knight helps EA Knight will will still help EA a little bit more I think during the day the ball a little bit more it's a bit faster like in the sun she Pula likes those conditions more yeah could be could be the same stuff as today I think and in fact yeah Jesse in this match up probably likes it faster I mean the way she played in Sydney for example of course there was also that um that argument that like the Polish team had to fly over change conditions but but still and I I still keep I keep talking about this by the way but like there was I don't remember who it was and I don't want like shame that person or anything but I just remember like a month or so ago before Montreal anyway or before um Toronto that was for the women this year as someone on this stream like just posted a comment that like Pula is surely losing round three at the US Open or something like that but like Pula is not a factor and I just remember saying that like yeah but if she does extremely well and I don't think anyone of like during the you know warm-ups and like I don't think anyone of us expected how well she would actually do which is pretty much be the best player in their alongside sub also by the way everyone's talking about like playing the Olympics like she also played the Olympics you know and like I know she lost like in the you know round of 16 maybe in doubles and didn't go that far in singles either she lost to Selina I think in her second match but still like you know she played she was there for quite a while and she still comes back and wakes you know wins Toronto gets to the final of ciny gets to the quarters here without dropping a set like yeah pretty two of the three medalists on the women's side are still in the tournament as well in the form of ego and Shen uh so I I think that that the playing the Olympics is a small factor but uh the level that Novak has played all year for example on the men's side and the level that Carlos brought to the court the other day as well as the level of bage those factors were at least as important if not more important than just playing the Olympics for me yeah but I mean that's kind of like ignoring the cause and effect um you know relationship because like they brought you you bring a level to the court for a reason at least for the most part right um I think we lost John is muted or he's yeah you're not muted but maybe like battery or something like that um um yeah yeah but back to to to Ego and Jessica just one word of caution on the on the Jessica thing her run to the final in Canada pretty good you know I think she did drop a set to the final before she then wins the final I thought the level against Anis samova was good but wasn't Sensational and then she comes up against an absolute a class player in the form of Arena savalen in the final in Cincinnati and she gets beaten fairly comfortably um got beaten even more comfortably by the toughest of anybody in the she also was going for backto back titles right I in 2023 it didn't go go well for her at all right she won Canada and then lost early in sinc I don't remember to whom even but yeah I think it was against Trevis Sun G really yeah no wait was it I I think it might have been really she lost to trisan at 2023 CC and we were still thinking of her as one of the main US Open contenders and that's kind of what I was going for earlier as well I'm off there she beat Tris or really tight like he almost lost Trevor Sun so who was it was not convincing um it was against bushkova busov okay okay but still like not you know it was like 64 against Bova yeah like she she actually did so much better in following up her Canada results and I understand the a class player argument but like shant was dominated even more by sa en C so she also beat mova ear in that tournament and that she was down a set in that match and tight second set as well so yeah that point was definitely more surviving than than anything else yeah I'm not as big on P chances as maybe you both are I upset I think eager wins this in straights and yeah that's that's how I see I think that the night Factor if it is a night match I think the the slower Court conditions at least um will favor her we remember one of pula's three wins at least coming in Sydney super quick I think the roof may have been closed there in in Sydney for that that match uh I think think the quarterfinal factor I don't think it's as big a factor as some may make out with both her and of course Andre rublev it's more often than not the quality of the opponent they they come up against with the odd exception in pula's case for example the The Wimbledon quarterfinal against perhaps Von drus um but again this is the quality of the opponent and we are now talking about the elite the two favorites for this tournament obviously savalen on the other side of the draw and eager on this side I think it's going to be difficult I'm I predicted a p sorry a sponch savena final and there's nothing I've seen in the last 10 days that's led me to change my mind and that includes you know the form of pess pul as well if you enjoyed this video make sure you hit that like button don't forget to subscribe and click that notification Bell so you don't miss out on all things tennis e