Jessica Pegula took a moment from her preparation for Saturday’s WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Championships final against Elina Svitolina to call out the WTA for an obvious Photoshop job on her photo.
Pegula, 31, advanced to her first career final in Dubai with an impressive come-from-behind victory over fellow American Amanda Anisimova. Jessica Pegula has reached the semi-finals of every tournament she has played since last year’s US Open.
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She will be the more rested of the two players since the 2017 and 2018 Dubai champion, Elina Svitolina, needed three hours to defeat Coco Gauff in the second semi-final of the day.
American tennis star Jessica Pegula smiles after hitting a shot. | Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK
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What Jessica Pegula Said About Her Photoshopped WTA Photo
The WTA released side-by-side photos of Pegula and Svitolina to hype Saturday’s final.
Pegula, always outspoken, found a way to use humor to highlight this glaring error. His first reaction was “What happened to my body”
Pegula then writes: “Thanks for giving me the size of my dreams but I think there are pieces of my arm missing too (laughing emoji), I don’t know what happened here.”
The WTA has since deleted the post.
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A savvy X/Twitter user pointed out that Jessica Pegula’s black Adidas kit actually had a white stripe at the waist and it was removed by mistake.
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One of the Pegula The players box podcast co-hosts Jennifer Brady added: “HAHAHAHA the size of your dreams (skull emoji)”
In addition to her singles success in Dubai, Pegula, partnered with Mexican tennis player Giuliana Olmos, advanced to the doubles quarterfinals in Dubai before losing in the deciding tiebreaker to Luisa Stefani and Gabriela Dabrowski. Stefani and Dabrowski will play in the final against Vera Zvonareva and Laura Siegemund.
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