Austin Open: Rakhimova moves into second round
Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) on Tuesday evening. She’ll face No 5 seed Diane Parry in the next round
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.
Rakhimova, ranked No 94, will play No 5 seed Diane Parry next.
Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Anastasija Sevastova vs. Julia Riera
- Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery
- Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Bejlek
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Xiyu Wang
- Tereza Martincova vs. Sloane Stephens: tuesday
- Taylor Townsend vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez: tuesday
- Darja Semenistaja beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
- Emiliana Arango beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-3
- Camila Osorio beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-2
- Yafan Wang beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Diane Parry beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
