Charleston Open: Keys completes quarter-final line up, meets Kasatkina next
Keys holds an 8-1 edge over Kasatkina in their head-to-head
Madison Keys at the Credit One Charleston Open in Charleston, South Carolina / USA
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American Madison Keys, the No 9 seed, reached the last eight of the Charleston Open by beating Pole Magda Linette, the No 8 seed, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Thursday.
Keys, ranked No 22, will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, next.
Keys holds an 8-1 edge over Kasatkina in their head-to-head meetings.
Ahead of her victory, the American won against wildcard Emma Navarro (6-4, 6-3) and qualifier Hailey Baptiste (6-1, 6-2).
Linette, ranked No 19, edged out Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the tournament.
With this the quarter-final line-up in Charleston is complete
- Pegula (1) vs Badosa (12)
- Kasatkina (3) vs Keys (9)
- Bencic (4) vs Alexandrova (7)
- Jabeur (2) vs Kalinskaya
Charleston WTA 500, other round of 16 results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780,637)
- Belinda Bencic (4) beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Irina-Camelia Begu (15): 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-2
- Ons Jabeur (2) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Victoria Azarenka (6): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Paula Badosa (12) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-1, 6-3
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