World No. 3 Jessica Pegula needed three sets to defeat fellow American and World No. 10 Emma Navarro in the Bad Homburg Open quarterfinals.
After winning the first set, Pegula’s game waivered as Navarro’s lifted allowing Navarro to take the second set.
Pegula Prevails 💪
Top seed @JPegula battles past Navarro 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the semifinals in Bad Homburg.#BadHomburgOpen pic.twitter.com/IH7ilSlgYV
— wta (@WTA) June 26, 2025
Pegula stayed focused and won the three set dual despite being patched up with bandages on her right serving shoulder and left knee.
Jessicas Pegula Has The Grass Court Game
Though Pegula is best known for her successes on the hardcourts, she has a game that translates well to the grass. Her best Wimbledon result was as a quarterfinalist in 2023. She lost in the second round last year.
Since getting over the hump and making her first Grand Slam final at the US Open last summer, Pegula is eager to compete well at another Grand Slam.
Pegula will play the winner of the Mirra Andreeva and Linda Noskova quarterfinal. The other semfinal will be contested between Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini on Friday.
American Women Are 2 For 2 In Grand Slams In 2025
American women have won the first two Grand Slams of the year: Madison Keys at the Australian Open and Coco Gauff at the French Open. Could Jessica Pegula add her name to this list by winning Wimbledon?
She is 31 years old, a late bloomer relatively speaking in a sport filled with people eight to ten years younger than she is. It would be as satisfying for US tennis fans as it was to see Keys and Gauff do their thing in Melbourne and Paris.
Pegula has eight singles titles (six on hardcourt, one on clay, and one on grass) with her immediate attention being on the WTA 500 Bad Homburg Open; however, a deep run helps her game and confidence for Wimbledon starting in four days.
