Pegula's experience prevails over teenager Jovic at Wimbledon

Fourth seed Jessica Pegula advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second time in her career, overcoming rising American teenager Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday. Pegula, 32, dropped her first set of the tournament in a closely contested opener marked by seven service breaks. However, she elevated her game against the 18-year-old Jovic, who is the 16th seed. After losing the first game of the second set, Pegula won four consecutive games and never looked back, displaying more authoritative serving and reducing unforced errors. Jovic appeared disheartened in the third set as Pegula moved decisively towards victory. "That was really tough," Pegula said on Court One. "Iva's a great player and brings lots of energy and intensity and I just couldn't find my serve in the first set even though I wasn't playing badly. Luckily I started to serve better."

Pegula is one of five American women to reach the last 16 at Wimbledon this year, a feat not seen since 2002. She could potentially face another American, Coco Gauff, in the quarterfinals, provided Gauff defeats Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in their upcoming match.

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That was really tough. Iva's a great player and brings lots of energy and intensity and I just couldn't find my serve in the first set even though I wasn't playing badly. Luckily I started to serve better.