Townsend upsets Alexandrova for fifth Top 20 win as Rogers comes up short

Townsend upsets Alexandrova for fifth Top 20 win as Rogers comes up short

Credit One Stadium, Credit One Charleston Open 2024 Credit One Charleston Open Day 5 at Credit One Stadium on April 03, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Taylor Townsend scored her fifth career Top 20 win in front of a rocking Althea Gibson Club Court on Wednesday night at the Credit One Charleston Open.

The 27-year-old from Atlanta stunned world No.15 Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-2 thanks in part to seven aces and facing just one break point all evening. The lefty will face former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka for a place in the quarter-finals.

Across the grounds from Townsend, her fellow American Shelby Rogers couldn’t conjure that same magic, falling in two tight sets to No.9 seed and 2021 champion Veronika Kudermetova, 7-6(5) 6-4 on Credit One Stadium.

“I had a lot of chances tonight,” said Rogers, who said she was battling a small cold on court, too. “I just wanted to leave it all on the court, and I think I did that.”

Kudermetova will face No.5 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, who also won in two tight sets over another American – Caroline Dolehide – winning 6-2 7-5, in the final match of the night.

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