Charleston Open: Li moves into second round
Ann Li beat Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face No 9 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round
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American Ann Li moved into the second round of the Charleston Open by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Li, ranked No 67, will face No 9 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 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
- Louisa Chirico vs. Erika Andreeva
- Sofia Kenin beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
- Lauren Davis (WC) beat Jamie Loeb (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Maria Sakkari beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Heather Watson (WC): 7-6 (8), 6-4
- 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
