Austin Open: Schmiedlova earns gutsy win over Stearns

Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova moved into the second round of the Austin Open by edging out American Peyton Stearns, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday night.

Schmiedlova, ranked No 76, will face American qualifier Sachia Vickery next.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Julia Riera: 6-4, 6-3
• Sachia Vickery beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Katie Volynets (WC) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Anhelina Kalinina (1) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang (6) beat Nadia Podoroska: 7-5, 6-4
• Sloane Stephens (2) beat Tereza Martincova (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Taylor Townsend beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Darja Semenistaja beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
• Emiliana Arango beat Alycia Parks: 6-2, 6-3
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Yanina Wickmayer: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Camila Osorio beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-2
• Yafan Wang beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Diane Parry (5) beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1