"I feel exposed" - Jessica Pegula gives thoughts on Coco Gauff, Emma Navarro, Aryna Sabalenka, shares hilarious verdict on tennis balls

Jessica Pegula recently participated in a fun tell-all Q&A session on her social media handle. The World No. 4 expressed some of her views on her peers like Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Navarro and Madison Keys.

Pegula has enjoyed a late-season surge in the last few months. The American has won 18 of her last 22 matches — a run that dates back to her Canadian Open triumph in August. She finished runner-up at the US Open and the Cincinnati Open and has successfully qualified for the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Earlier on Tuesday, 15 October, Jessica Pegula interacted with her fans on Instagram via a Q&A session. One of them probed the 30-year-old on Coco Gauff's previous assertions about her 'brutal honesty', to which she gave a hilarious response.

"I don't think I wanna know the answer @cocogauff 🤣," Pegula wrote in her Instagram story reply to the fan.

Via Jessica Pegula Instagram stories (@jpegula)

During the interaction, Pegula also insisted that her fellow American Emma Navarro was "very funny" and that World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka owned a considerable edge over her in their head-to-head meetings.

"Very @emma_navarro48," she wrote in one Instagram story reply where a fan asked her if Navarro was funny.

"It's been mostly Aryna," she wrote in another story where a fan asked her to pick the better player between herself and Sabalenka.

Via Jessica Pegula Instagram stories (@jpegula)

The USA's top-ranked tennis player also took on the subject of the balls employed on the WTA Tour. She had been critical of the 'lighter balls' a few months ago but gave a rather nonchalant response this time around.

Pegula also tagged her good friend Madison Keys in her story response, following which the two players had a friendly exchange.

"I feel exposed. Don't think I like any, just ask @madisonkeys," Pegula wrote in her Instagram story.

"'I hate this ball', *wins tournament*," Keys wrote in her story reply to Pegula.

Pegula and Keys' exchange via Instagram stories

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"Excited to be back at the year-end championships!": Jessica Pegula on back-to-back WTA finals appearances

Jessica Pegula reached her maiden Major final at US Open 2024

Jessica Pegula is in the midst of arguably her best season on the WTA Tour in 2024. She has accumulated a 38-18 win/loss record and picked up titles at the ecotrans Ladies Open and the Canadian Open, allowing her to qualify for the singles year-end championships for the third consecutive time.

The 30-year-old was elated at the news last month as she reposted WTA's post on X. She wrote:

"New girl reference is unmatched," Pegula wrote in October. "Excited to be back at the year end championships!"

Pegula reached the title match at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico last year, where she was blanked 1-6, 0-6 by her archrival Iga Swiatek.