Charleston Open: Pera reaches last 16

American Bernarda Pera defeated Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Pera, ranked No 38, will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American won against Claire Liu (6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3).

Bucsa, ranked No 81, won against Czech Marie Bouzkova, the No 16 seed (7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Belinda Bencic vs. Katherine Sebov
• Catherine McNally vs. Shelby Rogers
• Magda Linette vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Sofia Kenin vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Madison Keys: wednesday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-1, 6-3
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Caroline Dolehide: wednesday
• Daria Kasatkina beat Madison Brengle: 6-2, 6-1
• Julia Grabher beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Veronika Kudermetova (5): 6-4, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (12) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Ons Jabeur (2) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (6) beat Sloane Stephens: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2