Charleston Open: Putintseva defeats Svitolina in 2h45
Yulia Putintseva edged out Elina Svitolina 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 on Monday evening and will face No 7 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round
Yulia Putintseva (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Kazakh Yulia Putintseva edged out Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday evening.
Putintseva, ranked No 47, will play No 7 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys
- Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Catherine McNally vs. Jule Niemeier
- Claire Liu vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
- Paula Badosa vs. Mayar Sherif
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
- Sloane Stephens vs. Louisa Chirico
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Alize Cornet beat Fiona Crawley (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu (15) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
