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Jessica Pegula is seemingly nonetheless shocked by “a wild” scene from 2023 Dubai because the American tennis star was left shocked after discovering a girl sleeping in a coaching room. In late February, world No. 5 Pegula took on Viktoria Tomova in her Dubai opener.
At one level, Pegula requested to go away the court docket as a result of she wanted to get her leg taped within the coaching room. When Pegula acquired to the coaching room, she discovered a girl sleeping in there. Pegula tried to get up the particular person however she simply would not get up. Since Pegula wanted to do the taping and the girl wasn’t waking up, she did the whole course of whereas the particular person was nonetheless sleeping.
To make all of it funnier, Pegula acquired a warning for a delay when she returned to the court docket. When Pegula tried to elucidate to the chair umpire that there was “somebody within the freaking coaching room that would not depart,” the chair umpire mentioned they might focus on it later and burst into laughter. Ultimately, all of it completed nicely for Pegula, who went on to finish a 6-2 5-7 6-1 win over Tomova.
On X, somebody posted footage of the hilarious scene when Pegula tried to elucidate to the chair umpire what she had simply witnessed within the coaching room. Pegula observed the put up and offered a bit extra particulars.
“This was truly wilddd. A employee was sleeping within the coaching room and wouldn’t get up. Actually dropped my skirt and did the tape when she was within the room lol.”
This was truly wilddd. A employee was sleeping within the coaching room and wouldn’t get up. Actually dropped my skirt and did the tape when she was within the room lol https://t.co/YAzmjV4DgH
— Jessie Pegula (@JPegula) December 31, 2023
How Pegula’s 2023 Dubai run completed?
In Dubai, Pegula was one of many highest seeds and he or she had a first-round bye. After not having to play the primary spherical and beating Tomova in her Dubai opener, Pegula additionally defeated Ana Bogdan 6-4 6-3. Within the Dubai quarterfinal, Pegula was scheduled to tackle Karolina Muchova however the match did not occur as a result of the Czech was pressured to provide a walkover.
After clinching simply two wins en path to the Dubai semifinal, Pegula suffered a defeat to Barbora Krejcikova. Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open champion, beat Pegula 6-1 5-7 6-0.
Though Pegula did not win the Dubai title, it was nonetheless her finest end result on the match. Beforehand, Pegula was a Dubai quarterfinalist in 2021 whereas she was overwhelmed within the Dubai round-of-16 in 2022. It stays to be seen if Pegula will return to Dubai this season as nicely.
