Charleston Open: Anisimova races into last 16
Amanda Anisimova defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Chinese qualifier Shuai Zhang and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 10 seed, in the next round
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American Amanda Anisimova, the No 8 seed, defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Anisimova, ranked No 16, will play the winner of the match between Chinese qualifier Shuai Zhang and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 10 seed, next.
Kudermetova, ranked No 52, won against American wildcard Maria Mateas (6-0, 6-2) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.
Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katie Volynets
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Peyton Stearns
- Sofia Kenin vs. Belinda Bencic
- Shuai Zhang vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jessica Pegula vs. Iryna Shymanovich
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Emma Navarro
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ann Li
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Louisa Chirico
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Catherine McNally
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Lauren Davis
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Diana Shnaider
- Danielle Collins (7) beat Robin Montgomery: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (2) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
