Jessica Pegula funnily responded to "ghosting allegations" made by fellow WTA stars as the 30-year-old says Iga Swiatek was not correct when she named her as a player that probably wouldn't reply to a message, but admitted that Coco Gauff was fully right in her claim.
During the Halloweek Week and just before the start of the WTA Finals, several Riyadh participants joined Tennis Channel for a quiz. One of the questions asked was to name the player on the Tour who was most likely to ghost you - a term used when someone is not responding to a text message, arranging something but then disappearing, or simply withdrawing from all communication.
"Jess. I mean, she has like a million times. We've been supposed to go to the movies so many times and every time I'm like, 'Let me know when you're free' and then she goes and sees the movie without me. But she is the one who initiated the movie and hangout in the first place. So, Jess. A 100%," Gauff said.
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Anisimova also named Pegula, as well as Swiatek, who explained her choice by noting that the 2024 US Open has a busy off-court schedule.
Pegula: Gauff was right but Swiatek wasn't... Anisimova apologized
After beating Gauff 6-3 6-7 (4) 6-2 in her WTA Finals opener, the world No. 5 was asked to reveal how she felt about the ghosting accusations.
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"I mean Iga even. I'm like, I respond. That's not right. Amanda apologized, she messaged me, 'I'm so sorry, I was just so tired. I didn't mean to call you out like that.' I was like dude, it's not that serious. I don't really care. Coco wasn't wrong. She said she'll let it go in 2026 though," Pegula said.
