The most high-profile American affair of the five came as day turned to night, and saw Charleston native Shelby Rogers come from behind for a 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-1 victory over seeded no.
13 Danielle Collins. A quarterfinalist at her home tournament in 2017, the 2 hour 11 minute victory is Rogers’ first in her hometown since 2019. After dropping six straight points in the tiebreaker to lose the first set, Rogers bravely rallied for her third win in a row against Collins.
He broke Collins four times in the second and third sets and has won eight of the last nine games overall. “She was painting every line here,” Rogers said afterwards. “She knew it was going to be very difficult.
She can turn it on at any time, so I knew once I got ahead in the third, I really had to stick with it.” “It never gets old, playing here every time. I have chills right now…
and I’m very happy to have done it today.” On the other hand, both Dolehide and Kenin won again after being forced off the schedule on Monday night due to rain; while Dolehide and Sabine Lisicki never taking the court on Monday night, Kenin’s Round 1 match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich was called off with the 2020 Australian Open champion winning 6-1, 6-7(5), 3-0.
Kenin finally finished off Sasnovich after Keys’ 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory at Credit One Stadium, while Dolehide defeated 2009 Charleston winner Lisicki 6-4, 6-4 in the court 3.
