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Jessica Pegula back healthy after rib injury, keen to build momentum on grass

Jessica Pegula of the United States of America plays a forehand in her women's singles first round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus on...

Having missed the whole European clay campaign with a rib injury, former world no. 3 Jessica Pegula revealed she would’ve returned had Roland Garros begun a week later. Nonetheless, she embraced Iga Swiatek’s brilliance on clay and the American returned to court with a straight-sets victory over powerful qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich at this year’s Libema Open in the Netherlands. Continue reading “Jessica Pegula back healthy after rib injury, keen to build momentum on grass”