Charleston Open: Blinkova makes second round, Pegula next
Anna Blinkova defeated Anna Bondar 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Monday
Anna Blinkova 2022 / © Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Anna Blinkova advanced to the second round of the Charleston Open by defeating Hungarian Anna Bondar 7-6 (7), 6-2 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday.
Blinkova, ranked No 63, will play top seed Jessica Pegula next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Claire Liu vs. Bernarda Pera
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys
- Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
- Catherine McNally vs. Jule Niemeier
- Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Paula Badosa vs. Mayar Sherif
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Sloane Stephens vs. Louisa Chirico
- Elina Svitolina vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Kayla Day vs. Sachia Vickery
- Fiona Crawley vs. Alize Cornet: monday
- Lauren Davis vs. Katherine Sebov: monday
- Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (15) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
