April 7 – The top two seeded players, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, picked up second-round wins on Wednesday at the rain-delayed Credit One Charleston Open in Charleston, SC

1-seeded Sabalenka beat American Alison Riske, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the first clay-court event of the season for her first win since late February. The No. 2 seed, Badosa, qualified with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Hungary’s Anna Bondar in the round of 16.

Madison Keys of the United States, the No. 9 seed who was Charleston’s 2019 champion, earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway, and American Jessica Pegula, sixth seed series, defeated Jasmine Paolini of Italy, 6-2, 6-1. Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine knocked out fifth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Other winners included third seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 10th seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, 12th seed Alize Cornet of France, 15th seed Amanda Anisimova of the United States, the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, Estonian Kaia Kanepi and Coco Vandeweghe and Claire Liu from the United States.

The last two games of the night were postponed due to rain and lightning. Fourth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia trailed American Emma Navarro 6-3, 5-2 when their match was called off. Seventh-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Magda Linette of Poland have never started.

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Tatjana Maria of Germany defeated third seed Rebecca Peterson of Sweden 6-1, 6-4 in the Round of 16 in Bogota, Colombia.

In other matches, Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine defeated Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (3); Elina Avanesyan of Russia defeated Lucrezia Stefanini of Italy 6-2, 6-2; Laura Pigossi of Brazil ousted Ekaterine Gorgodze of Georgia, 6-3, 6-2; and Mirjam Bjorklund of Sweden eliminated Yuliana Lizarazo of Colombia, 6-1, 6-4.

–Field-Level Media

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