By Alberto Amalfi | @TennisNow | Tuesday September 10, 2024
Photograph credit score: Simon Bruty/US Open/USTA
Some rivalries do not finish on the court docket.
Jessica Pegula has confirmed she will be able to beat the very best on this planet.
That did not cease 2014 Wimbledon finalist Genie Bouchard from jabbing Pegula after the American misplaced to Aryna Sabalenka, 7-5, 7-5 within the US Open last on Saturday.
Pegula knocked off world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Roland Garros runner-up Karolina Muchova en path to her maiden main last in New York snapping a streak of six Slam quarterfinal losses.
When a fan on twitter questioned why Pegula, whose mother and father personal the NFL’s Buffalo Payments and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, “will get hated” on social media, Bouchard didn’t pull her punches.
Cash can’t purchase a US Open last lol https://t.co/mw1fOMuf2W
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) September 9, 2024
“Cash can’t purchase a US Open last lol,” world No. 570 Bouchard replied.
