Charleston: Tomljanovic through to last 16 to face top seed Pegula
The Australian won against Peyton Stearns 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday
Ajla Tomljanovic
Australian Ajla Tomljanovic reached the last 16 of the WTA Charleston Open by winning against American Peyton Stearns, the No 16 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Tomljanovic, ranked No 87, will face American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, next.
Ahead of her win today, the Australian beat Japanese lucky loser Kyoka Okamura (3-6, 6-1, 6-2).
Charleston WTA 500, other second-round matches (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1,064,510):
- Jessica Pegula beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Belinda Bencic (17): 6-0, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva (10) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) beat Ann Li: 6-3, 6-0
- Emma Navarro (4) beat Hailey Baptiste: 6-4, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (11) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (14) beat Catherine McNally (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- 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)
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katie Volynets
