I'm honestly not surprised. Pegula always comes up short in the slams, and most of the times to players that were much lower ranked. I'm not sure why people thought it was suddenly going to be different for Jess at 31 years old. Pegula has lost her last 2 matches at the slams to players that were ranked, at the time, 361st and 116th.
This is a new era; or m/b a return to normalcy! We got so spoiled by Fedalovic, Serena, & Swiatek when in the groove avoiding upsets! Winning is not going to be anywhere near as consistent today! The comp. is too tough, the game moves too fast, & injuries piling up due to the rigors of playing even a single match! It's almost unwatchable IMO w/ a player ranked #100 routinely knocking off higher ranked players or benefitting from their weariness or injury! Why else are we seeing the
Lost Gen II boys falling like rocks over a cliff! Just 4 yrs. ago I touted Medvedev being the
only player w/ the ability to stop Djokovic's CYGS in 2021! Now he's about to drop out of the top 20! Sascha's hanging on by a toenail, in the 5th set vs Rinderknech; now down a break 2-4!



