Charleston Open: Kasatkina brushes aside Davis to book spot in last 16
Daria Kasatkina defeated Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-1 and will play the winner of the match between Sofia Kenin and Belinda Bencic in the next round
Daria Kasatkina at Charleston in 2023 (Zuma/Panoramic)
Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, reached the last 16 of the Charleston Open by winning against American wildcard Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-1 at the Family Circle Tennis Center.
Kasatkina, ranked No 12, will play the winner of the match between American Sofia Kenin and Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 17 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, Davis, ranked No 211, defeated qualifier Jamie Loeb (3-6, 6-1, 6-3).
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: wednesday
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-3, 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (8) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
- Danielle Collins (7) beat Robin Montgomery: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (2) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
