Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina advance to DC Open quarterfinals

August 1 ------ Women’s top seed Jessica Pegula and No. 2 Elina Svitolina advance to the quarterfinal of the 2026 Mubadala DC Open in Washington, D.C.

Pegula had to rally from a set down, saying she started her match against Poland’s Magdalena Fręch “just a little off” after a first-round bye. “I wasn’t quite attacking the ball, and I felt like once I did that, then everything else kind of started to click together,” said Pegula, who finished with 42 winners and won 12 of the last 15 games to triumph 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Pegula next plays fifth-seeded Anna Kalinskaya, who saved two match points to beat Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9/7). Ukraine’s Svitolina booked her quarter-final berth with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 victory over Uzbekistan’s Polina Kudermetova. She’ll face rising Philippines star Alex Eala, who booted out defending champion Leylah Fernandez in the Round of 16, for a place in the semifinals on Saturday.

Source: inquirer.net