Cirstea upsets Shnaider in Austin second round

Romanian Sorana Cirstea held off Russian Diana Shnaider, the second seed, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Thursday evening.

Cirstea, ranked No 120, will next face the winner of a match between American McCartney Kessler, the No 5 seed, and Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa.

The 34-year-old Romanian previously beat German Laura Siegemund (6-3, 0-6, 6-1).

Shnaider, ranked No 13, edged out qualifier Tatiana Prozorova (0-6, 6-2, 7-5) in the previous round of the Austin tournament.

Austin WTA 250, other second-round results:

• Caroline Dolehide vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Suzan Lamens vs. Greet Minnen
• McCartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Jodie Burrage: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2

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