On a podcast before her big match against Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula was discussing their battle last January in the Adelaide final. Keys’s performance, she said, had prompted her to predict accurately to their mutual friends that Keys would win the Australian Open two weeks later.
It is normal for players to discuss future opponents, but they do not usually do so in conversation together. With a chuckle, Keys said: “Jess is like, ‘I hope I don’t see that level [tomorrow].’”
