Birrell battles into Austin Open second round

Australian Kimberly Birrell defeated Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Monday night.

Birrell, ranked No 76, will next face the winner of a match between Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan and Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results:

• Suzan Lamens vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Tatiana Prozorova vs. Diana Shnaider
• McCartney Kessler vs. Catherine McNally
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Laura Siegemund
• Greet Minnen vs. Sijia Wei
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Peyton Stearns
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Jessica Pegula vs. Arantxa Rus
• Kaja Juvan vs. Ena Shibahara
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Bernarda Pera
• Petra Kvitova vs. Jodie Burrage
• Tatjana Maria vs. Anna Bondar
• Anna Blinkova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Malaika Rapolu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Katie Volynets (7): 7-6 (3), 7-5

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