Charleston Open: Top seed Pegula books spot in last eight
Jessica Pegula defeated Magda Linette 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, and American Taylor Townsend in the next round
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American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, won against Pole Magda Linette 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Thursday evening.
Pegula, ranked No 5, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 12 seed, and American Taylor Townsend next.
The American edged out Amanda Anisimova (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Charleston tournament, Linette, ranked No 63, defeated Croat Petra Martic (6-3, 6-4) and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 13 seed (0-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Charleston WTA 500, other last 16 results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Astra Sharma vs. Maria Sakkari
- Sloane Stephens vs. Danielle Collins
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Emma Navarro vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Taylor Townsend
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