No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula fought off three match points in the second-set tiebreak in Monday's 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-0 win against No. 30 Emma Raducanu of Great Britain at the China Open in Beijing.

Trailing 6-5 and 8-7, Pegula saved the first two match points with backhand winners down the line. Down 9-8, she saved the third when Raducanu's forehand sailed long.

"That was a crazy match," Pegula said in her on-court interview. "That was really intense. But I got myself back into the tiebreak and just wanted keep pressure on. When she hit the double fault (leading 5-4), I knew I was still playing some good tennis. It was right there, it was really, really close. And to be honest, I think I got a little lucky on those two backhand winners (both down match point). But I just tried to keep fightin

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