MELBOURNE : Jessica Pegula rekindled her love affair with Melbourne Park on Sunday by dumping Greek fifth seed Maria Sakkari out of the Australian Open 7-6 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals for a second straight year.
After Sakkari crumbled to lose the first set tiebreak 7-0, Pegula began swinging hard at the Greek's serve and was rewarded with an early break in the second. Pegula will play the winner of top seed Ash Barty and Amanda Anisimova for a place in the semi-finals.
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