Charleston Open: Third seed Sakkari into last 16
Maria Sakkari won against Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 16 seed, and Australian lucky loser Astra Sharma in the next round
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Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 3 seed, reached the last 16 of the Charleston Open by defeating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Sakkari, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 16 seed, and Australian lucky loser Astra Sharma next.
Tomova, ranked No 74, won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.
Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Ons Jabeur
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Sloane Stephens
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens
- Elina Svitolina vs. Daria Saville
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Astra Sharma
- Shelby Rogers vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Emma Navarro vs. Katie Volynets
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Taylor Townsend vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Madison Keys
- Jessica Pegula vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Magda Linette vs. Dayana Yastremska
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