Tennis: No longer the young American, Pegula keen to make up for lost time

[ASFN Admin]

Jessica Pegula considered giving up tennis after being sidelined through injury for long spells earlier in her career and the American said she is determined to make every second count at the Australian Open after reaching the fourth round on Saturday. Pegula, who is making her main draw debut at Melbourne Park, advanced with a 6-2 6-1 victory over France's Kristina Mladenovic on Saturday, setting up a meeting with fifth seed Elina Svitolina. "The last one, my hip, was definitely the hardest to come back from," Pegula told a news conference.

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