{"id":3250,"date":"2023-04-07T05:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wta-roundup-top-seeds\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T05:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:11:30","slug":"wta-roundup-top-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wta-roundup-top-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA roundup: Top seeds hold serve in Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top-seeded Jessica Pegula of the U.S. beat Romanian 15th seed Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 as the top four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals at the Credit One Charleston Open on Thursday in Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Joining Pegula was No. 2 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, the runner-up at Charleston last year, who eased past Caroline Dolehide 6-3, 7-5. No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia got past American Bernarda Pera 6-3, 7-6 (3), and reigning champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, the fourth seed, rallied past American Shelby Rogers 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Sixth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus suffered the only upset of the afternoon schedule, as Russia&#8217;s Anna Kalinskaya prevailed 6-4, 7-6 (5). No. 7 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia and No. 12 Paula Badosa of Spain also advanced in straight sets. Badosa will meet Pegula in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>The nightcap saw ninth seed Madison Keys of the U.S., who won this event in 2019, defeat eighth seed Magda Linette of Poland 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Copa Colsanitas<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia saved 10 of 15 break points and won a pair of tiebreakers to squeak past Sweden&#8217;s Mirjam Bjorklund 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) in second-round action in Bogota, Colombia.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Zidansek fell behind 2-1 in both tiebreakers before surging past her opponent each time. She overcame five double faults and broke Bjorklund&#8217;s serve five times in 10 opportunities.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Zidansek will face American 21-year-old Peyton Stearns in the quarterfinals after Stearns beat Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-1. Stearns is searching for her first singles title on tour.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Nuria Brancaccio defeated Austria&#8217;s Sinja Kraus 6-2, 6-2 in 57 minutes, and No. 7 seed Sara Sorribes Tormo took care of Colombia&#8217;s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wta-roundup-top-seeds\/wta-1000-dubai-tennis-championships\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3603C-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3603C-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top-seeded Jessica Pegula of the U.S. beat Romanian 15th seed Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 as the top four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals at the Credit One Charleston Open on Thursday in Charleston, S.C. 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