Veneto Open: Montgomery upsets Townsend to advance to last 16

Robin Montgomery edged out No 5 seed Taylor Townsend 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to move into the last 16 of the Veneto Open at the Tennis Club Gaiba on Tuesday.

Montgomery, ranked No 162, will face Brazilian Laura Pigossi next.

Gaiba WTA 125K Series, other last-32 results (Tennis Club Gaiba, grass, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Swan vs. Sara Errani
• Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Ysaline Bonaventure: tuesday
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Dalila Jakupovic: 6-3, 6-2
• Nuria Brancaccio beat Irina Bara: 6-4, 6-1
• Laura Pigossi beat Jana Cepelova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Giorgia Pedone (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Lucrezia Stefanini (7) beat Magali Kempen: 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Sinja Kraus beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-5, 6-3
• Yanina Wickmayer (8) beat Priscilla Hon: 7-5, 6-4
• Tatjana Maria (1) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-3, 6-4
• Sofia Kenin beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 6-2
• Su Jeong Jang beat Camilla Rosatello (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Lisa Pigato (WC) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Yue Yuan (6) beat Na-Lae Han: 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Olga Danilovic (4) beat Alessandra Teodosescu (WC): 6-2, 7-5