Charleston Open: Azarenka races past Cocciaretto

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, won against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday night.

Azarenka, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Townsend and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 6 seed, next.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 56, edged out Romanian Ana Bogdan (2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Elina Svitolina vs. Daria Saville
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens
• Danielle Collins vs. Ons Jabeur
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Sloane Stephens
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Taylor Townsend vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Shelby Rogers vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Emma Navarro vs. Katie Volynets
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Astra Sharma: wednesday
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina: wednesday
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Madison Keys (8): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Amanda Anisimova: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Dayana Yastremska (13): 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-3