Charleston Open: Begu into last 16

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 15 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Charleston Open by defeating American wildcard Sofia Kenin 6-1, 6-4 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Begu, ranked No 37, will face American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Romanian won against Hungarian Dalma Galfi (6-1, 7-5).

Kenin, ranked No 142, won against Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Belinda Bencic vs. Katherine Sebov
• Catherine McNally vs. Shelby Rogers
• Magda Linette vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Jessica Pegula beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 6-0
• Madison Keys (9) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-1, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
• Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (3) beat Madison Brengle: 6-2, 6-1
• Julia Grabher beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Veronika Kudermetova (5): 6-4, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (12) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Ons Jabeur (2) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (6) beat Sloane Stephens: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Alize Cornet: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2