BuffaloFan32 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jessica Pegula, daughter of Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula, earned a spot in the U.S. Open with a qualifying-round victory overMelanie Oudin, who reached the quarterfinals in 2009 at age 17. Pegula, 21, topped Oudin 7-6 (10-8), 6-0 Friday at the National Tennis Center in New York. She’ll make her first Grand Slam singles appearance in the main draw at the last major tennis tournament of the year, which starts Aug. 31. Pegula was born in Buffalo to Kim and Terry Pegula, a real estate and natural-gas executive who sold his firm East Resources Inc. to Royal Dutch Shell PLC in 2010 for $4.9 billion. The family owns the Bills, the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres and has donated $1.2 million over the past five years to start a men’s and women’s hockey program at Penn State. Jessica Pegula began playing tennis at age 7, and is ranked No. 257 in the world. She’s winless in two WTA singles events this year. A right-hander with a two-handed backhand, Pegula’s best finish in the WTA’s year-end rankings was No. 147 in 2012. She played in the U.S. Open doubles draw in 2012 (with Madison Keys) and 2011 (with Taylor Townsend), and her career earnings are $206,784. Oudin, 23, was attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open main draw for the first time in three years. She had a heart ailment and has been unable to return to the form she showed as a teenager in 2009, when she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, then upset former No. 1 Maria Sharapova on center court at the U.S. Open. Pegula’s first-round opponent will be determined later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Owe!!! My eyes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) She does appear to be a bit heavy for a professional tennis player even if she obviously has skills since she has made $200K doing it. Maybe with lots of practice she will be refined a bit. There is also already a much longer thread on Off the Wall. Edited August 28, 2015 by Koolaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 why are we using dolphins colors 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 why are we using dolphins colors Looks closer to Sabres colors of blue and gold/yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Maybe Terry really didn't pay $1.4 bil for the team, he had his daughter play Mary Wilson, winner takes all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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