{"id":289771,"date":"2023-09-04T19:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=289771"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:39:52","slug":"us-open-pegula-falls-to-fellow-american-keys-in-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/us-open-pegula-falls-to-fellow-american-keys-in-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Pegula falls to fellow American Keys in round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>US Open: Jessica Pegula falls to fellow American Madison Keys in round of 16 while Wimbledon champion\u00a0Marketa Vondrousova comes back to defeat\u00a0Peyton Stearns<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Madison Keys and Coco Gauff are the only American women left standing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Pegula fell short of a final four run again while Peyton Stearns bowed out<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two American women were eliminated in the US Open round of 16 on Monday, with Jessica Pegula and Peyton Stearns exiting the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula, the highest ranked American woman, was ousted by friend Madison Keys in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Keys, the No. 17 seed and 2017 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, converted on 77 percent of her first-serve points and used powerful ground strokes to keep rallies short &#8211; a little over three strokes on average &#8211; to make quick work of her third-seeded opponent and close friend.<\/p>\n<p>For Pegula, it marked yet another Grand Slam disappointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/19\/75051029-0-Jessica_Pegula_of_the_United_States_gestures_after_losing_a_poin-a-58_1693852538036.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Pegula gestures after losing a point to Madison Keys during her loss on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/19\/75051025-0-Madison_Keys_of_the_United_States_pumps_her_fist_after_winning_t-a-57_1693852536579.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Keys converted on 77 percent of her first-serve points as she notched a comfortable win<\/p>\n<p>She has advanced to the quarterfinals in each major tournament but has yet to reach the final four.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s always tough having to play a friend,&#8217; said Keys, but, &#8216;at the end of the day we both want to win. We\u00b4re all business on the court.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Keys&#8217; quarterfinals opponent will be no. 9 seed Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, who came back to beat unseeded American Peyton Stearns 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2 to keep her dream alive of a second straight Grand Slam title after winning Wimbledon in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I actually didn\u00b4t expect it after Wimby, there was a lot of pressure,&#8217; Vondrousova said after the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Let\u00b4s see what happens next.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/19\/75051023-0-Peyton_Stearns_of_the_United_States_serves_to_Marketa_Vondrousov-a-61_1693852649341.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peyton Stearns won the first set but ultimately lost to Marketa Vondrousova,\u00a06-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/19\/75051493-0-image-a-62_1693852690221.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vondrousova is the reigning Wimbledon champ and will face Keys in the quarterfinals<\/p>\n<p>Among the remaining American players left is Coco Gauff &#8211; who will face no. 20 seed Jelena Ostapenko on Tuesday &#8211; Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, and Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n<p>The latter two will play each other Tuesday following Shelton&#8217;s victory over fellow American Tommy Paul in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>And Fritz will have the tough task of trying to eliminate three-time Open champion Novak\u00a0Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12479899\/US-Open-Jessica-Pegula-falls-fellow-American-Madison-Keys-round-16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Open: Jessica Pegula falls to fellow American Madison Keys in round of 16 while Wimbledon champion\u00a0Marketa Vondrousova comes back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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