American tennis player Jessica Pegula is among eight U.S. women advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open, where she will take the court again Wednesday.

Before the tournament began, Pegula joined a tennis clinic for Chase credit card customers in Manhattan, where she hit the court and shared her thoughts on both tennis and life in New York.

Pegula, who finished as runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka in last year’s Open, said she is approaching this year’s tournament as a fresh start.

“It’s so hard. Like, every single year you come back to the same events, if you do well, you’re kind of like, ‘Oh, I hope I can do well again,’” Pegula said. “At the same time, you kind of have to take it as it being a whole new tournament, a whole new week, a whole new year. Everything is completely differe

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