Charleston Open: Ostapenko knocks out Chirico to move into last 16
Jelena Ostapenko won against Louisa Chirico 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will play No 7 seed Danielle Collins in the next round
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Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, beat American qualifier Louisa Chirico 7-5, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center.
Ostapenko, ranked No 25, will play No 7 seed Danielle Collins next.
In the previous round of the Charleston tournament, Chirico, ranked No 167, edged out Russian Erika Andreeva (6-4, 3-6, 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
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ann Li: wednesday
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Emma Navarro: wednesday
- Anna Kalinskaya (14) beat Catherine McNally (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (5) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-3, 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (8) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
- Danielle Collins beat Robin Montgomery: 6-3, 6-1
- Madison Keys (2) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
