Pegula rolls past Waltert 6-3 6-2 in Cincinnati opener

Jessica Pegula needed only two comfortable sets to see off Simona Waltert 6-3 6-2 in the Cincinnati round of 64, controlling the match from the baseline and rarely looking troubled on serve. The American landed 61.5% of her first serves and won 71.9% of those points, adding three aces against a single double fault. Waltert, by contrast, was undone by her delivery: 10 double faults, just 58.2% first serves in, and only 48.7% of first-serve points won, with 35.7% behind the second. It was a clean, efficient start to the tournament for Pegula.