Austin Open: Wang advances to quarter-finals
Yafan Wang defeated Emiliana Arango 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 8 seed, and American Taylor Townsend in the next round
Yafan Wang
Chinese Yafan Wang defeated Colombian Emiliana Arango 6-2, 6-2 to reach the last 8 of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Wednesday evening.
Wang, ranked No 69, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 8 seed, and American Taylor Townsend next.
In the previous round of the Austin tournament, the Chinese won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 4 seed (7-6 (5), 6-4).
Arango, ranked No 121, beat American Alycia Parks (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Austin tournament.
Austin WTA 250, other second-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Diane Parry
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Sloane Stephens
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Sachia Vickery
- Darja Semenistaja vs. Xiyu Wang
- Danielle Collins vs. Katie Volynets
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Camila Osorio
- Yue Yuan vs. Taylor Townsend
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