Charleston Open: Keys books spot in last 16

No 9 seed Madison Keys beat qualifier Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Keys, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette, the No 8 seed, and Russian Varvara Gracheva next.

Ahead of her victory, Madison Keys won against wildcard Emma Navarro (6-4, 6-3).

Baptiste, ranked No 275, defeated Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Belinda Bencic vs. Katherine Sebov
• Catherine McNally vs. Shelby Rogers
• Magda Linette vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Sofia Kenin vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-1, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Caroline Dolehide: wednesday
• Daria Kasatkina (3) beat Madison Brengle: 6-2, 6-1
• Julia Grabher beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Veronika Kudermetova (5): 6-4, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (12) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Ons Jabeur (2) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (6) beat Sloane Stephens: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2