Jessica Pegula becomes first American female tennis player to win National Bank Open in 10 years

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) star Jessica Pegula recently became the first American woman to win the National Bank Open in 10 years. Key details: In just 49 minutes on Sunday, Pegula, 29, beat Russian tennis player Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 and 6-0 at the IGA Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Praising her opponent: Pegula, who now has a second WTA 1000-level title under her belt, praised Samsonova after their grand final match and pointed out that the 24-year-old Russian player had finished her semifinal match against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-1 and 6-2  earlier that day.

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