he first major statement of the new tennis season came swiftly and with devastating force. At the United Cup in Sydney, the new mixed-gender team competition, Poland’s undisputed world No 1, Iga Swiatek, stepped on to the court against the US’s Jessica Pegula with the intention of extending her dominance for another year.
It was not until her 11th year as a professional, just weeks before her 25th birthday in February 2019, that Pegula broke into the top 100. Seven of those years had been spent in perhaps the toughest spot of all, stuck between 110 and 200 in the rankings. Her fleeting moments of good form failed to make up for numerous injuries and inconsistency. As she struggled to break through, she became fixated on reaching the top 100.
“I’ve been in slam qualifying, and I’d be kind of freaking out. You don’t really realise it in the moment because it seems like it’s such a big deal. You’re,” she says. “And then now that I look back and I’m playing all these even bigger matches, I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m way more calm now than I was when I was playing qualies and [lesser] events.
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