Overview

• Pegula advanced in straight sets on Arthur Ashe Stadium to book a place in Round 4.
• Match reports noted Azarenka struggled to cover the court and piled up errors due to a left-leg problem.
• Azarenka reached the third round by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-3 earlier in the tournament.
• Pegula now leads their head-to-head 4–3 after the pair entered the US Open meeting level at 3–3.
• Azarenka, 36, recently became the fifth player in the Open Era with 100+ women’s singles main-draw wins at hard-court majors, joining Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport.