Charleston Open: Mertens books spot in last 16 against Zheng
The Belgian won against Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday
November 14, 2020, Linz, AUSTRIA: Elise Mertens of Belgium in action during the semi-final of the 2020 Upper Austria Ladies Linz WTA International tennis tournament against Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia
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Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 13 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Charleston Open by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Mertens, ranked No 28, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the tournament, Gracheva, ranked No 66, beat Harriet Dart (6-1, 3-6, 6-1).
Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1,064,510):
- Qinwen Zheng beat Maria Sakkari: 6-4, 6-1
- Ashlyn Krueger (15) beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Peyton Stearns (16): 6-1, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Belinda Bencic (17): 6-0, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva (10) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) beat Ann Li: 6-3, 6-0
- Emma Navarro (4) beat Hailey Baptiste: 6-4, 6-3
- 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)
