What someone close to Jessica Pegula was telling Andrea Petkovic after her shock early exit from Wimbledon

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Jessica Pegula suffered a shocking first round defeat to world number 116 Elisabetta Cocciaretto at Wimbledon this year.

Pegula won the title in Bad Homburg the week before Wimbledon this year, beating Iga Swiatek in the final.

However, this success could not be transitioned into the grass court major, with world number three Pegula’s loss one of the biggest shocks at Wimbledon so far.

Following Pegula’s shocking first round defeat, former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic has had close contact from someone close to the American.

What someone close to Jessica Pegula told Andrea Petkovic after her Wimbledon defeat

Pegula was beaten by Cocciaretto in just an hour to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in five years.

When discussing this match on The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast, former world number nine Petkovic revealed that she had actually spoken to someone close to Pegula.

In this discussion, Petkovic explained that this person told her that Cocciaretto had played the best match of her career.

“I don’t know who I spoke to but I spoke to somebody – I don’t know if it was directly from Jessie’s camp or someone around her – but somebody told me yesterday that Cocciaretto played the match of her life,” said Petkovic.

While Stubbs acknowledged Cocciaretto’s impressive performance, she also claimed that Pegula did not have a good attitude in the match.

“She did not miss and they play very similarly,” added Stubbs. “They hug the baseline, they don’t want to give the baseline up, which is very important on grass, and every time Jess hit a ball which was deep and strong it would push a lot of players, particularly taller players back off the baseline, Cocciaretto was getting her knees down and almost using the pace back into the open court and Jess was not used to it.

“I think Cocciaretto’s balance and her knee bend really helped her. She served well. Jess’s attitude wasn’t great, sometimes you have to adjust, I think she tried to in some regards but Cocciaretto was the better player in the end.”

Pegula hit an uncharacteristic 24 unforced errors against Cocciaretto, compared to just five winners.

What is next for Jessica Pegula?

While Pegula will not take too much of a knock in terms of her WTA ranking after her Wimbledon defeat, she has a significant portion of ranking points to defend during the North American hard court swing.

The 31-year-old has 46% of her total ranking points to defend up to and including the US Open, where Pegula reached her maiden Grand Slam final.

Pegula also has 1000 points from winning the title at the Canadian Open, with the WTA playing in Montreal this year.

The next tournament in Pegula’s calendar is the WTA 500 tournament in Washington D.C., where she has no points to defend as she did not play there last year.

Pegula will be the top seed at the Washington Open, which will get underway on Monday, July 21.