The top seed and world No.5 Jessica Pegula survived a three-set thriller against fellow American Amanda Anisimova, coming back to win 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-3) in two hours and 26 minutes. Pegula was also in trouble as she had a match point denied in the tenth game of the decider, but ran away in the breaker, sprinting out to a 5-1 lead and closing out the match on a forehand wide from her compatriot. Charleston Open 2024: Caroline Wozniacki, Amanda Anisimova Prevail; Katie Volynets Wins Longest WTA Tour Match Against Arantxa Rus.

Pegula was a semifinalist here a year ago, but was made to work hard throughout the second-round clash, winning just four of 15 break point opportunities. The 30-year-old American will meet Magda Linette in the third round after the 32-year-old Pole rallied from a first-set bagel to beat Dayana Yastremska across three sets.

Pegula슬롯사이트™s fellow seeded American Madison Keys wasn슬롯사이트™t as lucky, falling in three sets to Romania슬롯사이트™s Jaqueline Cristian, who claimed just her second career win over a Top 20 foe with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 upset.

On Tuesday afternoon, the freshly minted Miami Open champion Danielle Collins throttled Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-4. She슬롯사이트™ll play No.2 seed Ons Jabeur in an appealing second-round match Wednesday. It was another disappointment for Badosa, who is now 5-7. She missed the last six months of 2023 with a spinal stress fracture of the L4 vertebrae and has also dealt with calf and adductor injuries.

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