Charleston Open: Sakkari into second round
Maria Sakkari won against Marina Stakusic 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play No 3 seed Qinwen Zheng in the next round
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Greek Maria Sakkari reached the second round of the Charleston Open by defeating Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic 6-3, 6-2 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Sakkari, ranked No 64, will face No 3 seed Qinwen Zheng next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Ann Li vs. Anna Blinkova
- Louisa Chirico vs. Erika Andreeva
- Sofia Kenin vs. Bernarda Pera: tuesday
- Lauren Davis vs. Jamie Loeb: tuesday
- Heather Watson vs. Iryna Shymanovich: tuesday
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Kyoka Okamura (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Maria Mateas (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Polina Kudermetova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
- Catherine McNally (Q) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Katie Volynets beat Katherine Sebov (Q): 6-0, 6-0
- Caroline Dolehide beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-1
- Varvara Gracheva beat Harriet Dart: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Robin Montgomery beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3
