Charleston Open: 275th-ranked qualifier Baptiste beats Wang, to play ninth seed Keys next

The American defeated Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday

Hailey Baptiste at the 2022 French Open Zuma/Panoramic
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American qualifier Hailey Baptiste advanced to the second round of the Charleston Open by beating Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Baptiste, ranked No 275 in the world, will face No 9 seed Madison Keys next. This is the third time in a row that the American has won her first round match in Charleston.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round matches (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780,637)

  • Leylah Fernandez beat Evgeniya Rodina: 6-3, 6-2
  • Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1
  • Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
  • Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Sabine Lisicki (Q): 6-4, 6-4
  • Madison Keys beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-4, 6-3
  • Catherine McNally beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 6-1
  • Bernarda Pera beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3
  • Varvara Gracheva beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
  • Diana Shnaider beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-3
  • Paula Badosa (12) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
  • Sloane Stephens beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-4
  • Yulia Putintseva beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
  • Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-4, 6-2
  • Alize Cornet beat Fiona Crawley (WC): 6-0, 6-2
  • Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
  • Anna Blinkova beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (7), 6-2
  • Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
  • Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
  • Irina-Camelia Begu (15) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
  • Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
  • Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins

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