Pegula politely corrected him: “Biggest title so far,” she said, emphasizing those last two words. … All around, throughout the whole tournament, I’ve been playing the best I have,” she said after beating 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round. She uses a flat forehand and backhand slice (she’s won 61% of points played at the baseline, second-best so far). Again, she regrouped and returned, claiming her first WTA title at Washington in 2019. The fourth-round matches on the bottom half of the draw were as follows: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Belinda Bencic, Donna Vekic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova, Caroline Garcia vs. Magda Linette, and Karolina Pliskova vs. Zhang Shuai.
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