Defending champion Jessica Pegula won a three-set thriller to reach the WTA Charleston Open quarter-finals

Defending champion Jessica Pegula won a three-set thriller to reach the WTA Charleston Open quarter-finals

 MATTHEW STOCKMAN

Defending champion and top seed Jessica Pegula fought back to reach the WTA Charleston Open quarter-finals on Thursday, requiring a final-set tiebreak to see off Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/1).

A resilient Pegula, the world number five from the United States, eventually progressed just a day after laboring more than three hours to beat 72nd-ranked Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.

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