Austin Open: Yuan makes last four, faces Schmiedlova next

No 8 seed Yue Yuan won against Yafan Wang 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last four of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Friday.

Yuan, ranked No 68, will face Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova next.

Yue Yuan beat Australian Arina Rodionova (3-6, 6-3, 6-1) and American Taylor Townsend (6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous rounds of the Austin tournament.

Earlier in the week, Wang, ranked No 69, defeated Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 4 seed (7-6 (5), 6-4) and Colombian Emiliana Arango (6-2, 6-2).

Austin WTA 250, other quarter-final results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267,082):

• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Anastasija Sevastova: 4-6, 1-2 ret.
• Xiyu Wang (6) beat Danielle Collins (3): 6-2 ret.
• Anhelina Kalinina (1) beat Diane Parry (5): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

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