Charleston Open: Krueger beats Volynets to set up Navarro clash

No 15 seed Ashlyn Krueger defeated Katie Volynets 6-3, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Krueger, ranked No 34, will play No 4 seed Emma Navarro next.

Volynets, ranked No 78, won against Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov (6-0, 6-0) in the previous round of the tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round matches (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1,064,510, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Peyton Stearns (16): 6-1, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (1) 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 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