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Jessica Pegula hit back at theories about her billionaire family.
By Neil McLeman in New York
Jessica Pegula hit back at assumptions that she had a butler and chauffeur (Image: Getty)
Billionaire's daughter Jessica Pegula claimed she gets annoyed that people think she has a butler and a chauffeur after an easy ride into the last eight.
The American world No.6, whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, posted a picture on Instagram earlier in the tournament of her travelling to Flushing Meadows on the subway.
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After her 6-4 6-2 win over Russian Diana Shnaider, the world No.6 said: “I did some media thing the other day too.
“They were, like: ‘What's the most annoying thing?’ It's that people think I have a butler, that I get chauffeured around. I have a private limo, that I fly private everywhere.
“I'm definitely not like that. People can think what they want. I don't know. I think it's kind of funny.
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Jessica Pegula shared a video of herself taking the subway to the US Open (Image: Instagram @jpegula)
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“A butler? Like, I read these comments, like: ‘She probably has this and that and that’. I'm, like: ‘No, not at all’. Maybe I should. I don't know at this point. Is that what you want me to do, do all these crazy things?
“Yeah, no, yeah, it's a little annoying, but honestly I just think it's kind of funny because I don't really even know anyone that lives like that. It's outrageous, but…”
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Pegula is 0-6 in Major quarterfinals over her career but has won 13 of her past 14 matches on hard courts after winning in Toronto and losing the final in Cincinnati.
Last year’s semi-finalist Karolina Muchova returned to the last eight with a 68-minute win over Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini. The Czech, who was out for 10 months with a wrist injury after last year’s event, won 6-3 6-3. “I am just really happy,” said the world No.52. “It has worked again here.”
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