Wednesday winners: Keys, Pegula, Kasatkina breeze through; Badosa survives
It’s a wild Wednesday of action at the Credit One Charleston Open, with 18 matches being played across four courts.
Here’s what’s unfolded so far:
- Former champion Madison Keys was in red-hot form on a warm, sunny day, claiming her 19th win at this event with a convincing 6-1 6-2 victory over fellow American Hailey Baptiste
- Top seed Jessica Pegula matched her American counterpart, dropping just two games in a 64-minute win over Anna Blinkova, 6-2 6-0. It was Pegula’s first match of the week after driving up from Miami on Monday
- Another former winner, Veronika Kudermetova, was not as lucky as Keys, the No. 5 seed falling to Diana Shnaider. Shnaider, who celebrated her 19th birthday on Sunday and is ranked 95th in the world. Her 6-4 6-3 win over the world No. 13 is her best-ever by ranking
- Paula Badosa won back-to-back matches for the first time since January, holding off 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez 7-5 7-6(6)
- Another former winner, 2017 champ Daria Kasatkina, had little resistance from Madison Brengle, winning 6-2 6-1 on Althea Gibson Club Court
Other Wednesday winners include American Caroline Dolehide – who reaches the third round here for the first time – with a victory over Linda Fruhvirtova; No. 7 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova; No. 15 seed Irina-Camelia Begu (over Sofia Kenin); Bernarda Pera of the U.S.; and Julia Grabher of Austria.
Sweet Relief 😅@badosa saves a set point to get past Fernandez 7-5 7-6 in an outstanding match, advancing to the R16 for the 3rd year in a row!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/DeJKkTZUBr
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) April 5, 2023
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