In a last testament to her health, according to her daug”My mom is working hard in her recovery, and she is improving, but where she ends up is still unknown,” Jessica, 28, stated. She said she chose to write about her mother’s ordeal after Lions player Damar Hamlin suffered a heart arrest on the field during a Jan. 2 game in Cincinnati, which Pegula described as “some bizarre, messed-up, full circle moment.”hter,
“My stomach dropped because it felt like the same thing all over again. I was seated on a bench at a tennis event in Sydney, Australia. Jessica, the WTA’s fourth-ranked singles player, wrote, “I wanted to throw up.” “I was supposed to go on for mixed doubles in 15 minutes and I remember telling one of my teammates, ‘I am a little freaked out right now, this is too close to home, and I feel like I am going to have a panic attack.'”
As Hamlin began to heal, Jessica wore a white screen-printed patch with Hamlin’s uniform number while playing at the Australian Open, joining an outpouring of fan and NFL support. “It didn’t feel like it was just for him, it felt like it was for my mom as well,” she stated.
