Jessica Pegula takes birthday bagel in her stride: ‘Sitting eating Doritos at midnight’Jessica Pegula has poked fun at herself and also gave a glimpse of the often unseen side of professional sport after she received an unwanted birthday “gift” from Barbora Krejcikova at the Dubai Tennis Championships. “Me: gets bagled [sic] on your birthday, sitting eating Doritos at midnight, waiting to get on a 16 hr flight home.”Everyone: “What is it like playing on tour? It must be so amazing!” Me: gets bagled on your birthday, sitting eating Doritos at midnight, waiting to get on a 16 hr flight home. But I think it’s also helped me, when I’m off the court, to kind of relax, kind of look at other things, work on other things. “I think it helps me be more professional off the court and on the court.”
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