Charleston Open: Alexandrova into last 16

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 7 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Charleston Open by winning against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Alexandrova, ranked No 17, will play Austrian Julia Grabher next.

Putintseva, ranked No 47, edged out Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina (6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4) 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
• Sofia Kenin vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Madison Keys: wednesday
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Caroline Dolehide: wednesday
• 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