Austin Open: Yuan reaches quarter-finals

Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 8 seed, reached the last eight of the Austin Open by winning against American Taylor Townsend 6-3, 7-6 (5) at the Westwood Country Club on Wednesday evening.

Yuan, ranked No 68, will play Chinese Yafan Wang next.

In the previous round of the Austin tournament, the Chinese beat Australian Arina Rodionova (3-6, 6-3, 6-1).

Townsend, ranked No 83, defeated Mexican wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez (3-6, 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
• Yafan Wang beat Emiliana Arango: 6-2, 6-2