Charleston Open: Kenin through to second round, Begu next
Sofia Kenin beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 on Tuesday
Sofia Kenin US Open 2023 © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American wildcard Sofia Kenin defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.
Kenin, ranked No 142, will play Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 15 seed, next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
- Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste: tuesday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina: tuesday
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
- Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Sabine Lisicki (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Madison Keys (9) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Catherine McNally beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 6-1
- Bernarda Pera beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3
- Varvara Gracheva beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Diana Shnaider beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (12) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
- Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Alize Cornet beat Fiona Crawley (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
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