Austin Open: Bucsa into second round

Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa reached the second round of the Austin Open by winning against American Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-4 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday.

Bucsa, ranked No 99, will play the winner of the match between No 5 seed McCartney Kessler and Catherine McNally next.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• 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: tuesday
• Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Jodie Burrage beat Petra Kvitova (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Tatjana Maria beat Anna Bondar: 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
• Anna Blinkova beat Moyuka Uchijima (6): 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell beat Yue Yuan (4): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Malaika Rapolu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Katie Volynets (7): 7-6 (3), 7-5