Parrizas Diaz reaches second round in Austin

Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat American wild card Malaika Rapolu 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Monday evening.

Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 107, awaits the winner of a match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results:

• Anna Blinkova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Tatiana Prozorova vs. Diana Shnaider
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Laura Siegemund
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Bernarda Pera
• McCartney Kessler vs. Catherine McNally
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Peyton Stearns
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Greet Minnen vs. Sijia Wei
• Suzan Lamens vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Petra Kvitova vs. Jodie Burrage
• Kaja Juvan vs. Ena Shibahara
• Yue Yuan vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Tatjana Maria vs. Anna Bondar
• Jessica Pegula vs. Arantxa Rus
• Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Katie Volynets (7): 7-6 (3), 7-5

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