Austin Open: Rakhimova moves into second round

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