American tennis player Jessica Pegula confident in 2023 Tennis Season with increased self-belief

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Jessica Pegula of the United States brushed aside a mid-match crisis to take down Viktoriya Tomova in three sets to advance to the round of 16 in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/jessica-pegula-says-she-has-more-self-belief-this-year-1.93995250  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #tennis #JessicaPegula

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00:00I was definitely a rollercoaster kind of match, it seemed like.

00:04I thought I started off playing okay, but then I didn't think she was playing very well,

00:10so when she just started putting balls on the court, it just definitely switched the match.

00:14I thought she found her rhythm.

00:17At the beginning of the second, she seemed kind of frustrated.

00:20I didn't hold that one game, the 2-1 game, and I think the momentum just kind of shifted

00:24and she kind of freed up a bit.

00:26It kind of got pretty physical as well, that second set,

00:29but I'm just happy that I was able to kind of find my form in the third from the beginning

00:33and just win the match.

00:36It's been good and successful so far, so I'm glad that even with a quick turnaround,

00:40I was able to come and get my first two wins.

00:43I think maybe at the end of last year was just kind of this weird feeling,

00:48but then I think going into Australia, winning the United Cup, doing well last week,

00:53I think I'm just solidifying more and more what I can do.

00:57Obviously every week is different, but yeah, I think I've definitely earned that

01:02and I definitely believe it much more than I did maybe last year

01:06when it was kind of more of a new feeling.

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