Austin Open: Yuan finishes strong against Rodionova to make second round

Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 8 seed, won against Australian Arina Rodionova 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Monday evening.

Yuan, ranked No 68, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Townsend and Mexican wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez next.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Camila Osorio vs. Alize Cornet
• Tereza Martincova vs. Sloane Stephens
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Julia Riera
• Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery
• Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Emiliana Arango vs. Alycia Parks
• Taylor Townsend vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Xiyu Wang
• Darja Semenistaja vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua
• Danielle Collins vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Bejlek
• Yafan Wang vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Diane Parry: monday