Top-seeded Jessica Pegula and former champion Madison Keys have simply gained second-round matches on the WTA’s Charleston Open.
Pegula, the world No.3, wanted lower than 65 minutes to beat Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-0.
Fellow American Keys, who took this title in 2019, labored a few minutes extra (69) to oust countrywoman Hailey Baptiste 6-1 6-2 within the season’s opening clay-court event.
Pegula used a robust service sport and regular groundstrokes to win the primary 4 video games of her match, efficiently profitable greater than 71 per cent of her first serves and didn’t have a double fault.
“I guess that’s how you want to play first match on clay and with a quick turnaround coming off the hard court,” Pegula mentioned.
“So just glad I got a good win.”
Keys placed on a dominant present as effectively, profitable all six break factors Baptiste had towards her.
In different matches, No.3 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia topped Madison Brengle of the United States 6-2 6-1.
Fifth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova fell to Diana Shnaider 6-2 5-7 6-3, whereas seventh-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-1 6-3 in two all-Russian contests.
Spain’s Paula Badosa, the twelfth seed, beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 7-5 7-6 (8-6) and Fifteenth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania defeated American Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-4.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
