about 2 months ago

Jessica Pegula Details Her Biggest ‘Meltdown’: Dubai Collapse After Match-Point Let

On her podcast, The Player's Box, Pegula relived Dubai 2021 vs. Mertens: up a set, 5–2 with match points when a let was called after lights/banner issues. “I was playing out of my mind… then the stupid lights,” she said. She lost 11 straight games in silence, told coach Witt “no chance mentally,” smashed a racket, and resisted tossing it into a pond.