Charleston Open: Dolehide makes last 16
Caroline Dolehide won against Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Wednesday evening and will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the second seed, in the next round
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American wildcard Caroline Dolehide defeated Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.
Dolehide, ranked No 172, will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the second seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against German qualifier Sabine Lisicki (6-4, 6-4).
Fruhvirtova, ranked No 60, beat Swiss Jil Teichmann, the No 14 seed (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) 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: wednesday
- Madison Keys (9) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-1, 6-3
- Bernarda Pera beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
- 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 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
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