Charleston Open 125: Kessler moves into quarter-finals
Mccartney Kessler defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Zuma / Psnewz
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
People in this post
More tennis news
Rybakina and Swiatek both fight through to set up Toronto final decider
August 13, 1999: The day Steffi Graf announced her retirement
Shelton and Nakashima set up first all-American Masters 1000 final since 2003
August 12, 1990: The day Stefan Edberg won Cincinnati to become world No 1
Rybakina claws back from double jeopardy to beat Osaka and set up first-ever Gauff meeting since 2022
