Austin Open: Sevastova reaches second round
Anastasija Sevastova defeated Julia Riera 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday night. She’ll face American Sloane Stephens, the second seed, in the next round
Anastasija Sevastova – Zuma/Panoramic
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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
