Austin Open: Sevastova reaches second round

Latvian Anastasija Sevastova reached the second round of the Austin Open by winning against Argentinian Julia Riera 6-4, 6-3 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday night.

Sevastova, ranked No 485, will face American Sloane Stephens, the second seed, 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
• Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery: tuesday
• Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Anhelina Kalinina (1) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang (6) beat Nadia Podoroska: 7-5, 6-4
• Sloane Stephens beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• 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