Belinda Bencic qualified for the third round of the WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open

Tokyo 2020 Olympics tennis champion Belinda Bencic qualified for the third round of the WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open. The Swiss tennis player defeated Katherine Sebov (Canada) by 2-0 (6:0, 6:3) in 62 minutes.

In the next round, Belinda Bencic will face Shelby Rogers (USA), who eliminated her compatriot Caty McNally by 2-1 (6:7, 7:5, 6:1) in a three-hour clash.

The Polish tennis player Magda Linette also had a hard second-round match but took the victory versus Varvara Gracheva (Russia) by 2-1 (6:7, 7:5, 6:4). The match also lasted almost three hours and Magda Linette needed to make a late break in the second set to save the match and succeed to turn over it.

Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) also advanced to the third round after winning her match versus Sofia Kenin (USA) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4). In the next round, she will face the top-seeded Jessica Pegula (USA) who needed an hour to defeat Anna Blinkova (Russia) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:0).