Charleston Open: Shnaider defeats Polina Kudermetova to reach last 16
Diana Shnaider won against Polina Kudermetova 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 9 seed, and American Ann Li in the next round
Diana Shnaider (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
No 6 seed Diana Shnaider reached the last 16 of the Charleston Open by winning against Polina Kudermetova 6-3, 6-2 at the Family Circle Tennis Center.
Shnaider, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 9 seed, and American Ann Li next.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, Kudermetova, ranked No 59, beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-3, 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
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Emma Navarro
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ann Li
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Louisa Chirico
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Catherine McNally: wednesday
- Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- 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)
