- Jessica Pegula faces fellow American Jennifer Brady next
- 26-year-old makes first trip to grand slam quarter-final
After Jessica Pegula earned her first trip to a grand slam quarter-final, the daughter of the owners of Buffalo’s NFL and NHL franchises scribbled on the screen of an Australian Open courtside TV camera: “hi mom, hi dad, see you next rd Jen B.”
In addition to a shoutout to her parents, that was a message for Jennifer Brady, a good friend of Pegula’s whose fourth-round match was up next in Rod Laver Arena on Monday. And after Brady won, too, setting up an all-American matchup against Pegula with a berth in the final four at stake, she used a blue marker to respond in kind, writing: “Bring it Jess!”
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