KVITOVA IS OUSTED BY JESSICA PEGULA FOR THE FIRST QUARTER IN NEW YORK | US OPEN UPDATES 

JESSICA PEGULA ELIMINATED TWO-TIME WIMBLEDON CHAMPION PETRA KVITOVA BY 6-3, 6-2 TO HER THIRD MAJOR QUARTERFINAL OF 2022, FOR THE FIRST TIME AT FLUSHING MEADOWS

AT 1-1 THE OPENING SET, PLAY WAS HALTED ALMOST 45 MINS, WHILE RAIN FELL. AT ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM, A RETRACTABLE ROOF IS PRESENT, BUT IT WASN'T SHUT UNTIL THE COURT HAD BEEN WET BY A DOWNPOUR.

THE ONLY PERSON IN THE TOP 10 IN BOTH SINGLES AND DOUBLES IS THE NO.8 SEEDED JESSICA PEGULA, WHO IS ALSO THE HIGHEST-RANKED AMERICAN WOMAN

SHE REELED OFF THE LAST THREE GAMES OF MONDAY'S OPENING SET, WHICH ENDED WITH A DOUBLE-FAULT BY NO.21 KVITOVA, AND THEN THE LAST SIX GAMES OF THE FOURTH-ROUND MATCH AFTER TRAILING 2-0 IN THE SECOND SET

JESSICA PEGULA IS A 28-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS BORN IN NEW YORK. HER PARENTS OWN THE NFL'S BUFFALO BILLS AND NHL'S BUFFALO SABRES

JESSICA PEGULA IS A 28-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS BORN IN NEW YORK. HER PARENTS OWN THE NFL'S BUFFALO BILLS AND NHL'S BUFFALO SABRES

PEGULA'S DAD IS BILLIONAIRE AND BUFFALO BILLS OWNER TERRY PEGULA

SHE HAS SO FAR LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS THREE TIMES, NOTABLY AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN JANUARY AND THE FRENCH OPEN IN JUNE.

IGA SWIATEK, WHO IS CURRENTLY RANKED NO.1, WHO PEGULA MIGHT FACE NEXT IN FLUSHING MEADOWS, WAS THE OPPONET IN THE LOSS INPARIS