Sweet Carolina: The best pictures from Charleston 2018
Check out the story of the Volvo Car Open in pictures.
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Caroline Dolehide winds up for a slice en route to qualifying for the main draw (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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Sophie Chang reacts during her final qualifying round loss to Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Bethanie Mattek-Sands' second tournament back from her knee injury ended in the first round (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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World No.6 Ashleigh Barty won the 2018 Miami Open with partner CoCo Vandeweghe (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Taylor Townsend stretches for a volley during her first-round win over Heather Watson (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Madison Brengle lets her frustration show as she slips to a first-round defeat at the hands of Elena Vesnina (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Caroline Garcia was a real-life embodiment of her #FlyWithCaro hashtag during her second-round win over Varvara Lepchenko (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Christina McHale gets low for a volley while stretching Daria Kasatkina to three sets in the second round (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Defending champion Daria Kasatkina shows how much her hard-fought second-round win meant to her (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Laura Siegemund's return to the Tour following a knee injury ended in the second round against Naomi Osaka (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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Kristie Ahn had a successful tournament, defeating Samantha Stosur in the first round and stretching Julia Goerges to a final set tiebreak in the second round (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Kristyna Pliskova took a fall during her second-round match against Petra Kvitova - but got back on her feet for the win (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Pliskova's win broke Kvitova's streak of 24 consecutive victories over her Czech compatriots (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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For the second straight year, 19-year-old Fanny Stollar qualified and ousted a Top 20 opponent - this year, Johanna Konta - to make the third round in Charleston (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Anastasija Sevastova winds up for a running forehand against Ashleigh Barty in the Latvian's third-round win (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka's hair flies in her third-round loss to Julia Goerges (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Julia Goerges stretches for a backhand as she makes her way into her second Charleston quarterfinal (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Sara Errani keeps her eye on the ball during her third-round match against Bernarda Pera (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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Out on the idyllic Althea Gibson Club Court, Bernarda Pera defeated Sara Errani in three sets to make her maiden WTA quarterfinal (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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Madison Keys celebrates a tough three-set victory in the second round over Lara Arruabarrena (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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Kiki Bertens serves with poise to Fanny Stollar en route to making the quarterfinals (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Daria Kasatkina focuses intently on the return en route to defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in the third round, keeping her title defence alive (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Alizé Cornet smiles as she acknowledges the crowd after upsetting No.1 seed Caroline Garcia in the third round (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Julia Goerges ended Daria Kasatkina's title defence in the quarterfinals (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Madison Keys powered into her second Charleston semifinal with a three-set win over Bernarda Pera (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
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A nimble Anastasija Sevastova flicked aside the challenge of Kristyna Pliskova in the quarterfinals (Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith)
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Kiki Bertens rounded out the semifinal line-up by defeating Alizé Cornet - the Dutchwoman is the only semifinalist yet to drop a set (Volvo Car Open/Arielle Simmons)
