Charleston Open: Krueger battles into second round
Ashlyn Krueger beat Gabriela Lee 7-6, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face No 4 seed Daria Kasatkina in the next round
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American Ashlyn Krueger advanced to the second round of the Charleston Open by beating Romanian qualifier Gabriela Lee 7-6, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.
Krueger, ranked No 73, will play No 4 seed Daria Kasatkina next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Caroline Dolehide beat Kayla Day: 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
- Danielle Collins beat Paula Badosa: 6-1, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
- Sloane Stephens beat Magdalena Frech: 6-0, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-3
- Astra Sharma (LL) beat Arina Rodionova: 6-4, 6-1
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Shelby Rogers (WC) beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Katie Volynets (Q) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6)
- Amanda Anisimova beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-0
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Mccartney Kessler (LL): 6-0, 6-1
- Daria Saville (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Magda Linette beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 6-4
