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| Belinda Bencic (photo by Daniel Ward) |
Playing in the round of 16 this morning in Charleston is 2022 champion and 3rd seed Belinda Bencic. The year that Bencic won the tournament, the runner-up was Ons Jabeur. The next year, Jabeur won, and Bencic was the runner-up. This is the only time that this pattern has ever occurred at the Charleston Open. Bencic made her debut in 2014 and got all the way to the semifinals, in which she was defeated by Jana Cepelova. I recall that being the best match of the tournament.
Bencic's opponent today is 13th seed Sara Bejlek, who is making her Charleston debut. Bejlek earned her first WTA 500 title this season at Abu Dhabi when she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final.
Top seed Jessica Pegula, who had quite a workout yesterday, will compete today against 14th seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto, and 4th seed Iva Jovic will play 16th seed (and 2025 finalist) Sofia Kenin. And wild card Paula Badosa will face off against 8th seed Anna Kalinskaya. 5th seed Madison Keys, 17th seed Peyton Stearns, and Renata Zarazua will also be on the court today, playing Anna Bondar, McCartney Kessler and Yuliia Starodubtseva, respectively. Finally, 9th seed Leylah Fernandez will compete against 7th seed Diana Shnaider.
Top doubles seeds Aleksandra Krunic and Zhang Shuai will play their quarterfinal match today against Desirae Krawczyk and Caty McNally.
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