Charleston Open: Kalinskaya upsets Australian Open champ Keys
Anna Kalinskaya beat Madison Keys 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, and American Sofia Kenin in the next round
Anna Kalinskaya – Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 14 seed, beat American Madison Keys, the second seed, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Thursday.
Kalinskaya, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, and American Sofia Kenin next.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, the Russian won against American qualifier Catherine McNally (6-1, 6-4).
Keys, ranked No 5, won against Caroline Dolehide (6-3, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.
Charleston WTA 500, other last 16 results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Qinwen Zheng (3) beat Elise Mertens (13): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- Danielle Collins (7) beat Jelena Ostapenko (11): 7-5, 6-3
- Emma Navarro (4) beat Ashlyn Krueger (15): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) beat Diana Shnaider (6): 6-2, 6-1
- Amanda Anisimova (8) beat Yulia Putintseva (10): 6-4, 6-4
