Charleston Open: Local girl Navarro eases past Baptiste to reach last 16
Emma Navarro won against Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-3 and will play either Ashlyn Krueger or Katie Volynets in the next round
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No 4 seed Emma Navarro reached the last 16 of the Charleston Open by winning against Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center.
Navarro, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between No 15 seed Ashlyn Krueger and Katie Volynets next.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, Baptiste, ranked No 90, beat Australian Olivia Gadecki (6-2, 6-4).
Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Katie Volynets
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Peyton Stearns
- Sofia Kenin vs. Belinda Bencic
- Shuai Zhang vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jessica Pegula vs. Iryna Shymanovich
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) beat Ann Li: 6-3, 6-0
- Jelena Ostapenko (11) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (14) beat Catherine McNally (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-3, 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (8) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
- Danielle Collins (7) beat Robin Montgomery: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (2) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
