Charleston Open: Third seed Kasatkina makes last 16

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Charleston Open by beating American Madison Brengle 6-2, 6-1 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday evening.

Kasatkina, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Cristina Bucsa and American Bernarda Pera next.

Brengle, ranked No 92, won against Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-3, 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
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Bernarda Pera
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Madison Keys
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Julia Grabher vs. Sachia Vickery: wednesday
• Diana Shnaider vs. Veronika Kudermetova: wednesday
• Paula Badosa vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
• 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