Charleston Open: Collins keeps title defence on track
Danielle Collins beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the next round
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American Danielle Collins, the No 7 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Charleston Open by defeating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, 7-5, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Thursday.
Collins, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Australian Ajla Tomljanovic next.
The American won against Robin Montgomery (6-3, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, Ostapenko, ranked No 25, won against American qualifier Louisa Chirico (7-5, 6-2).
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
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Madison Keys
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elise Mertens: thursday
- Jessica Pegula vs. Ajla Tomljanovic: thursday
- 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
