World quantity three Jessica Pegula eased into the third spherical of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets win.

Serving for the match at 5-Four within the second set, she was damaged by world quantity 38 Aliaksandra Sasnovich who compelled it to a tiebreak.

But that was Pegula’s solely blip as she obtained over the road on her second match level to win 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in 1hr 31min on Rod Laver Arena

The in-form Pegula has reached the quarter-finals on her final two visits to Melbourne Park and is aiming to go deeper this 12 months.

“That’s the plan,” she said. “You want to take it one match at a time but you want to have those big goals.”

Pegula was a part of victorious US group on the United Cup two weeks in the past the place she beat top-ranked Iga Swiatek in straight units.

“These few weeks that’s my important precedence, however it’s powerful on the market,” she mentioned of going to the latter levels at Melbourne Park

Pegula also beat Sasnovic, of Belarus, in straight sets at the same stage of last year’s US Open in the pair’s only previous meeting.

She will face either Australian Olivia Gadecki or Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in the third round.

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