Austin Open: Second seed Stephens makes second round

American Sloane Stephens, the second seed, advanced to the second round of the Austin Open by winning against qualifier Tereza Martincova 6-4, 6-0 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.

Stephens, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between Latvian Anastasija Sevastova and Argentinian Julia Riera next.

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

• Danielle Collins vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Julia Riera
• Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery
• Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Bejlek: tuesday
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Xiyu Wang: tuesday
• Taylor Townsend beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Darja Semenistaja beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
• Emiliana Arango beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-3
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Yanina Wickmayer: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Camila Osorio beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-2
• Yafan Wang beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Diane Parry (5) beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1