Jessica Pegula and Alexander Zverev stormed into the fourth round of the Italian Open on Sunday. Pegulla wasted no time as she beat Rebeka Masarova 6-0, 6-0 in exactly an hour, a double-bagel.<\/p>\n
Masarova, the world number 160, had already caused a huge upset in the previous round, beating in-form 25th seed Leylah Fernandez.<\/p>\n
But she was no match for Pegula, winning just 25 of the 83 points played, with only seven of these coming on the American\u2019s serve.<\/p>\n
The number 5 seed has now won three straight bagel sets in Rome, as she beat Zeynep Sonmez 6-4, 6-0 in her opening match.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a great turnaround for Pegula, who lost to Marta Kostyuk in the third round of the recent Madrid Open.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Germany\u2019s Alexander Zverev has reached the fourth round after a win against Alexander Blockx.<\/p>\n
The world number three Zverev beat Blockx for the second time in a space of nine days in a 6-1, 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n
Last week, Zverev overcame the Belgian in straight sets in the semi-finals at the Madrid Masters, but was defeated by Jannik Sinner in the final.<\/p>\n
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