Charleston Open 125: Kessler moves into quarter-finals

American qualifier Mccartney Kessler beat Russian Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 6-2 to reach the last 8 of the Charleston Open 125 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Kessler, ranked No 123, will play the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 4 seed, next.

The American edged out Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 5 seed (3-6, 6-4, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Charleston 125 tournament, Rakhimova, ranked No 95, won against American wildcard Louisa Chirico (6-4, 6-4).

Charleston WTA 125K Series, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sara Errani vs. Yafan Wang
• Nao Hibino vs. Erika Andreeva
• Diana Shnaider (7) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 7-5
• Greet Minnen beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-1, 6-2
• Rebeka Masarova beat Emina Bektas: 6-3, 6-3
• Martina Trevisan vs. Oceane Dodin: wednesday