The 30-year-old is a returning quarterfinalist, having fallen to eventual champion Vondrousova after holding a 4-1 lead in their decisive set. Pegula made waves in Berlin nine days ago when she saved five championship points to topple Anna Kalinskaya.
While she celebrated her first grass-court title with that valiant triumph, it’s not changing how Pegula approaches her latest visit to the All England Club.
“I’m not really one to be like, ‘I’m going to win Wimbledon.’ I’m not telling myself that in the mirror over and over again. Maybe some people are different and that’s what they like to do,” she said.
“I think it’s me, just belief in every single match, maybe not getting too ahead of myself. I think at the same time it’s hard not to when you’re here, you feel how special it is, you see all the pictures of the past champions, even from last year. You get the sense that it feels much bigger. It’s hard to escape that, I feel, like here.”
