Top-seeded Jessica Pegula and previous champion Madison Keys simply gained second-round fits on the Charleston Open on Wednesday.
Pegula, the American ranked 3rd on the planet, wanted lower than 65 mins to overcome Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-2, 6-0.
Keys, an American who took the identify in 2019, labored a few mins extra (69) to oust countrywoman Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-2 within the season’s opening clay-court event.
Pegula stated the event on the Credit One Tennis Center feels acquainted to her since she used to coach on the facility when she grew up on Hilton Head Island, about two hours south of Charleston.
“It was a fun kind of period of my life, like maturing and growing into my career, and, yeah, figuring things out,” she stated. “So it was a great time, and I loved everyone here.”
Pegula used a powerful provider sport and stable groundstrokes to win the primary 4 video games of the fit. She completed successful greater than 71% 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 stated. “So just glad I got a good win.”
Keys placed on a dominant display as neatly, successful all six spoil issues Baptiste had towards her.
In different fits, no. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia crowned Madison Brengle of the United States, 6-2, 6-1; seventh-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated countrywoman Yulia Putintseva, 6-1, 6-3; Twelfth-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, 7-5, 7-6 (6); and Fifteenth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania defeated American Sofia Kenin, 6-1, 6-4.
Fifth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia fell to countrywoman Diana Shnaider, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.