Tennis. World No. 4 Jessica Pegula invites itself to Strasbourg Internationals

A week after the presentation of the Strasbourg International Plateau of the international players, he enriched himself with a nugget: the American Jessica Pegula, world n ° 4 at 31, asked for an invitation for the Alsatian WTA tournament which will be disputed from May 17 to 24.

She is the third player of the planetary top 10 announced for the 2025 edition, after her compatriot Emma Navarro, n ° 9, and the Spanish Paula Badosa, n ° 10.

Jessica Pegula will be a natural postulant to the final victory, she who has already won eight titles on the international circuit, including three WTA 1000 (Guadalajara in 2022, Montreal in 2023, Toronto in 2024) and two tournaments in 2025, Charleston and Austin.

Finalist at US Open in 2024 and Miami this season

She was also a finalist of the Masters WTA in 2022, the US Open in 2024 and tournaments from Adelaide (Aus) and Miami this season.

She should have already been present at IS last year, but had forfeited injury. She has already participated in two editions of the event, in 2019 and 2021, for … two eliminations at 1^is tour !

This season, apart from her victory on the clay green from Charleston, she fell each time in 2^e Tour of his tournaments on ocher, against the Russian (under neutral banner) Alexandrova (20^e) in Stuttgart (indoor), then against the Japanese Uchijama (47^e) in Madrid.

Eight players of the world top 20 in the running to is

In Rome, she came to the end this Thursday of her very promising compatriot Ashlyn Krueger, 37^e At 21 – and also presents to the ISs next week. At 2^e Tour, Saturday in Italy, it will be measured at the Belgian Elise Mertens, 24^e world.

With Pegula, it is now eight players in the world top 20 who will appear on the courts of Wacken, a list that is not a clause since the organizers still have three invitations.

Information and ticket office on www.internationals-strasbourg.fr.

The players in the running

Are engaged in the final table : Jessica Peguula (US4, n ° 4); Paula Badosa (Esp, n ° 9); Emma Navarro (USA, 10); Daria Kasatkina (AUS, 14); Barbora Krejcikova (Tch, 15); Elina Svitolina (UKR, 17); Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bré, 19); Liudmila Samsonova (Russ/Bannière Neutre, 20); Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russ/Bannière Neutre, 22); Clara Tauson (Dan, 23); Yulia Putintseva (Kaz, 24); Leylah Fernandez (Can, 25); Magdakena Frech (Pol, 27); Anna Kalinskaya (Russ/Bannière Neutre, 29); Danielle Collins (USA, 30); Linda Noskova (Tch, 31); Sofia Kenin (USA, 32); M. Linette (Pol, 33); Olga Danilovic (Ser, 34), Ashlyn Krueger (USA, 35); Trois Wild-Cards; Quatre Jouauses issues des qualifications.

On the waiting list : M. Coast (Ukr, 36) ; A. Sramkova (Slq, 38), A. Potapova (Rus/Many of Nothing, 39); X. Wang (Chn, 41) ; M. Kessler (USA, 43) ; L. Sun (No, 45) ; D. Yastremska (Ur, 46) ; A. Pavlykenkova (Rus/Manion nothing, 47) ; V. Azarenka (Neither flag, 48) ; E. Raducan (GBR, 49) ; M. Bouzkova (Tch, 58) ; M. Blessings (Tch, 63) ; … A. Cornet (Fra, 460); D. Parry (Fra, 116), etc.