Charleston, SC (SportsNetwork.com) – Reigning champion Andrea Petkovic and
rising American star Madison Keys were a pair of easy third-round victors
Thursday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.
The third-seeded world No. 11 Petkovic handled American Madison Brengle 6-4,
6-4 on the clay courts at Family Circle Tennis Center.
The sweet-swinging German Petkovic defeated Slovak Jana Cepelova in last
year’s Family Circle finale.
The seventh-seeded Illinois native Keys cruised past Romanian Andreea Mitu
6-2, 6-0 to set-up a quarterfinal match with fellow American Lauren Davis.
Meanwhile, fourth-seeded former French Open runner-up Sara Errani held off
Spanish qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 and fifth-seeded German
left-hander Angelique Kerber spanked Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena 6-3, 6-0.
Up next for the gritty Italian Errani will be Czech Lucie Hradecka, while
Kerber’s quarterfinal opponent will be 13th-seeded Romanian Irina-Camelia
Begu, who received a walkover into the round of eight when second-seeded
Russian Ekaterina Makarova pulled out of the draw on Wednesday due to an
illness.
In other action involving seeds, Hradecka overcame No. 8 Frenchwoman Caroline
Garcia, a recent back-to-back runner-up at a pair of events in Mexico, 5-7,
7-5, 6-4, and the surprising Davis upended No. 15 German Mona Barthel 6-4,
3-0, retired. The 21-year-old Ohio native Davis stunned top-seeded Canadian
star Genie Bouchard in straight sets here on Wednesday.
