Austin Open: Shibahara through to second round
Ena Shibahara won against Kaja Juvan 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday evening and will play Australian Kimberly Birrell in the next round
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ATX Open •Third round •
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Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara advanced to the second round of the Austin Open by winning against Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.
Shibahara, ranked No 148, will face Australian Kimberly Birrell 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
- Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
- 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
