WTA Roundup; Shelby Rogers Defeats Maria Sakkari in San Jose

Shelby Rogers of the United States hits a forehand against Amanda Anisimova of the United States (not pictured) in a first round women’s singles match in the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Flor., Mar. 22, 2022. (Geoff Burke/USA Today)

Shelby Rogers delivered 10 aces and won 76.5 percent of her first-serve points on Thursday while rolling to a 6-1, 6-3 upset of top-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece in the second round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at San Jose, Calif.Rogers had 16 winners and eight unforced errors and needed just 72 minutes to finish off Sakkari.

Rogers will take on Amanda Anisimova, an American in Friday’s quarterfinals.

Fourth-seeded Aryna Tabalenka from Belarus won a 5-7.6-1.7-5 victory over Caroline Dolehide. Claire Liu was defeated by 9 Veronika Kudermetova from Russia 6-2, 7-5.

Sixth-seeded Coco Guff and Naomi Osaka from Japan met on Thursday night.

Citi Open

Second-seeded Emma Raducanu of Great Britain saved nine of 13 break points while outlasting Colombia’s Camila Osorio 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) in the second round at Washington.

Emma Raducanu (GBR) waves to the crowd after her match against Camila Osorio (COL) (not pictured) on day four of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington D.C., Aug. 4, 2022. (Geoff Burke/USA Today)

Raducanu and Osorio battled for two hours, 50 minutes in the longest WTA straight-sets match of 2022.

Raducanu will play Liudmila Samanthasonova in quarterfinals. This is after Ajla Tomljanovic, from Australia, was defeated 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

China’s Xiyu Wang won a 4-6 victory over Donna Vekic in Croatia.

Due to lightning, the match between Tereza Martincova from the Czech Republic and Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) was postponed.

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