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Miami Herald
04-04-2025
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WTA roundup: Anna Kalinskaya upsets Madison Keys in Charleston
Russia's Anna Kalinskaya came through at the crucial moments while beating second-seeded Madison Keys of the United States 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday in the third round of the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open. Kalinskaya took advantage of four of her five break-point opportunities, and she saved seven of Keys' eight break points. In the quarterfinals, Kalinskaya will oppose another U.S. player, Sofia Kenin, who topped fifth-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Australia 6-3, 7-6 (7). Top-seeded Jessica Pegula eased into the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic. Fourth-seeded Emma Navarro won an all-U.S. matchup against 15th-seeded Ashlyn Krueger, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Also moving into the quarterfinals were third-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China, seventh-seeded Danielle Collins and eighth-seeded Amanda Anisimova, both of the United States, and ninth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. Copa Colsanitas Zurich Second-seeded Camila Osorio of Colombia overcame a slow start to defeat Emina Bektas of the United States 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the second round at Bogota, Colombia. Bektas, a 32-year-old who is ranked 186th in the world, had a match point at 4-5 in the second set before Osorio rallied. Osorio's quarterfinal opponent will be sixth-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany, who downed the United States' Hanna Chang 6-0, 7-6 (0). Croatia's Lea Boskovic upset eighth-seeded Cristina Bucsa of Spain 6-1, 6-4, and Argentina's Julia Riera eliminated the Unites States' Iva Jovic 6-4, 6-2. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2025 - All Rights Reserved
Reuters
03-04-2025
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WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula cruises in 2nd round at Charleston
Mar 29, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Jessica Pegula (USA) hits a forehand against Aryna Sabalenka (not pictured) in the women's singles championship of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab April 3 - Top-seeded Jessica Pegula completed her day's work in 71 minutes, crushing Belarus' Iryna Shymanovich 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday in the second round of the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open. Pegula was playing her first match since falling in straight sets against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday. She had a first-round bye in Charleston. Against Shymanovich, Pegula converted all six of her break points, allowing her to overcome putting just 53 percent of her first serves in play. The only seeded players to fall on Wednesday were No. 16 Peyton Stearns, who lost 6-1, 6-4 to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic, and No. 17 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who was eliminated 6-0, 6-3 by Sofia Kenin. Also advancing to the third round were No. 3 Qinwen Zheng of China, No. 4 Emma Navarro, No. 5 Daria Kasatkina of Australia, No. 6 Diana Shnaider and No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, No. 10 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, No. 11 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, No. 13 Elise Mertens of Belgium, No. 14 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia and No. 15 Ashlyn Krueger. All of the day's matches ended in straight sets. Copa Colsanitas Zurich Marie Bouzkova took advantage of nine double faults from Cyprus' Raluka Serban, and the top-seeded Czech player rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the second round at Bogota, Colombia. Bouzkova moves on to face Poland's Katarzyna Kawa, who got past Brazil's Laura Pigossi 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Pigossi failed to take advantage of a match point at 5-4 in the second set. In other second-round action, Leolia Jeanjean defeated Selena Janicijevic 6-4, 6-3 in an all-French matchup, and the United States' Julieta Pareja topped Romania's Patricia Maria Tig 6-3, 7-6 (3). --Field Level Media Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
Reuters
02-04-2025
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WTA roundup: Madison Keys fights into next round in Charleston
April 2 - Despite her opponent saving seven match points, No. 2 seed Madison Keys pushed past Caroline Dolehide 6-3, 7-6 (4) in an All-American second-round battle at the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open on Tuesday. Dolehide saved four match points in the ninth game of the second set and two more in the 10th to force a 5-5 tie. She saved one more in the tiebreaker before Keys, the 2019 Charleston champion, put the match away. Defending champion Danielle Collins, the No. 7 seed, also advanced out of the second round and had 26 winners and five aces while beating fellow American Robin Montgomery 6-3, 6-1. One more second-round match was scheduled for the nightcap, with No. 8 seed Amanda Anisimova facing Russia's Veronika Kudermetova. In first-round results, winners included Americans Sofia Kenin, Hailey Baptiste, Louisa Chirico, Ann Li and Lauren Davis; China's Shuai Zhang; Maria Sakkari of Greece; and Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus. Copa Colsanitas Zurich No. 3 seed Alycia Parks and No. 4 Emiliana Arango were shown the door in the first round in Bogota, Colombia. Iva Jovic, 17, upset fellow American Parks 6-1, 6-4, while Romania's Patricia Maria Tig beat Colombia's Arango 6-3, 6-3. No. 1 seed Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic also had a scare before putting away Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, while No. 2 seed Camila Osorio of Colombia took just 45 minutes to defeat Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza 6-0, 6-1. Other winners in the rain-delayed first round included No. 6 seed Tatjana Maria of Germany, Croatian Lea Boskovic, Raluka Serban of Cyprus, Katarzyna Kawa of Poland and Americans Julieta Pareja, Emina Bektas and Hanna Chang. Three matches remained on Tuesday night.
Reuters
01-04-2025
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WTA roundup: Katie Volynets posts double bagel in Charleston
April 1 - Katie Volynets needed less than an hour to complete a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov on Monday in the first round of the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open. Volynets, a 23-year-old California native, put 87 percent of her first serves in play and won 81 percent of her first-serve points. She never faced a break point. Three other U.S. players earned victories on Monday. Robin Montgomery topped Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-3; Caroline Dolehide downed Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4, 6-1; and Caty McNally rallied past Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Also advancing were Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic, France's Varvara Gracheva and Russia's Veronika Kudermetova and Polina Kudermetova. Copa Colsanitas Zurich Rain wiped out the scheduled opening-day slate at Bogota, Colombia. --Field Level Media
