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Danielle Collins vs Jessica Pegula set for allAmerican quarterfinal at Charleston Open

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Danielle Collins and Jessica Pegula secured straightset victories to set up a quarterfinal clash at the Charleston Open This marks the second allAmerican showdown scheduled for Friday in Charleston with the top seed and defending champion featuring in the marquee match The defending champion overcame a tough battle against former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko while Pegula had a much easier path against Australias Ajla Tomljanovic Collins battles past Ostapenko An exciting duel was expected between two of the WTA Tours most intense personalities defending champion Danielle Collins No 22 and former Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko No 25 Collins showcased her strength in crucial moments on home soil in a closely contested first set which initially seemed to lean slightly in Ostapenkos favour From the very first game both players created break opportunities but it was Penko who secured the first break in the third game Ostapenko led 42 but Collins fought back reclaiming the break With the score at 44 Ostapenko earned another break and served for the set but Collins responded with three consecutive gamessecuring two crucial breaksto take the lead in the match winning the opener 75 Despite trailing in both first and secondserve points the American found a way to step up in decisive moments The second set followed a similar pattern with Ostapenko again striking first at 32 only for Collins to immediately break back The American won the final four games in a row sealing a 75 63 victoryher eighth consecutive win in Charleston Match Statistics Ostapenko vs Collins Pegula dominates Tomljanovic Jessica Pegula had little trouble overwhelming Australias Ajla Tomljanovic The top seed once again asserted her dominance and continued her impressive form now boasting 14 wins in her last 16 matches following her title run at the ATX Open and a final appearance at the Miami Open last week The world No 4 began with a tough service game suffering an early break However that was virtually the only moment of difficulty for Pegula as she quickly turned the match around The American secured two breaks and surged ahead 41 winning an astonishing 15 of the last 16 points Pegula dominated the set missing several set points on her opponents serve before eventually closing it out 63 She won an impressive 80 of points on her first serve while Tomljanovic managed just 33 The second set was even more onesided Pegula broke twice early to race to a 40 lead leaving Tomljanovic with little chance of a comeback Although the Australian managed to hold serve a couple of times she couldnt turn the tide Jessica Pegula wrapped up another comfortable win in Charleston defeating Ajla Tomljanovic 63 62 and is now set to face defending champion Danielle Collins Match Statistics Pegula vs Tomljanovic

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