Austin Open: Volynets books spot in the semi-finals
Katie Volynets won against Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-3 on Friday
Zuma / Panoramic
Katie Volynets advanced to the semi-finals of the Austin Open by winning against wildcard Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-3 at the Westwood Country Club on Friday.
Volynets, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between Russian Varvara Gracheva and American Sloane Stephens, the No 5 seed, next.
Katie Volynets defeated Alison Riske-Amritraj (6-3, 3-6, 6-0) and edged out Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 3 seed (5-7, 6-2, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Austin tournament.
Stearns, ranked No 137, edged out qualifier Katie Boulter (7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5)) and beat Swede wildcard Mirjam Bjorklund (6-3, 7-5).
Austin WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Sloane Stephens : Friday in Austin
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Danielle Collins : Friday in Austin
- Marta Kostyuk (8) beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 7-6 (6), 6-2
People in this post
More tennis news
September 29, 1988: The day Graf took the penultimate step to the Golden Slam
Mouratoglou defends Alcaraz against the charge of complaining about the calendar while playing the Laver Cup
“Outside of this, I don’t think someone should be able to tell you what to do”: Fritz defends Laver Cup coaching and rejects it everywhere else
September, 28, 2003: The day Althea Gibson, the first African-American player to ever win a Grand Slam tournament, passed away
Alcaraz saved for singles: Europe chose a pair who had never played together, and it won them the Laver Cup
