Charleston Open: Svitolina moves into last 16

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 7 seed, won against Australian qualifier Daria Saville 6-2, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Svitolina, ranked No 17, will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Varvara Gracheva and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 11 seed, next.

Saville, ranked No 108, beat German Tamara Korpatsch (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Charleston tournament.

Charleston WTA 500, other second-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Elise Mertens: thursday
• Danielle Collins beat Ons Jabeur (2): 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-4, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (5) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-2, 7-5
• Taylor Townsend beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (6): 7-5, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova (9) beat Shelby Rogers (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (4) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 0-6, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (10) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Astra Sharma (LL) beat Lesia Tsurenko (16): 6-4, 6-0
• Victoria Azarenka (12) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-1, 6-2
• Anhelina Kalinina (15) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Madison Keys (8): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Amanda Anisimova: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Magda Linette beat Dayana Yastremska (13): 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-3