Emma Navarro moves easily into the Charleston Open round of 16

Emma Navarro (photo by Daniel Ward)

It rained most of the day in Charleston, and play on Daniel Island didn't commence until a little after 5 p.m. All of the day matches had to be canceled, but the evening and night matches went on. 10th seed Emma Navarro, playing second on the Credit One Stadium court, defeated Katie Volynets 6-1, 6-1. Prior to tonight's match, Navarro had been 0-3 against Volynets. Next for the 10th seed is Jaqueline Cristian, who upset 2019 champion Madison Keys last night to get the biggest win of her career.

Anhelina Kalinina (photo by Daniel Ward)

Earlier in the evening, Anhelina Kalinina defeated 2011 champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-3. Kalinina changed the pace frequently, and used her deft footwork to take Wozniacki out of her comfort zone. The Ukrainian player also beat Wozniacki in Miami a couple of weeks ago. Kalinina's next opponent will be 2017 champion Daria Kasatkina, who--tonight--defeated Ashlyn Krueger 6-3, 0-6, 6-1.

Victoria Azarenka (photo by Daniel Ward)

In the meantime, lucky loser Astra Sharma defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-0, and Victoria Azarenka defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2. Also tonight, 2021 champion Veronika Kudermetova defeated wild card Shelby Rogers 7-6, 6-

As I write this, the match featuring Taylor Townsend and Ekaterina Alexandrova is still in progress.