Austin Open: Townsend books spot in second round

American Taylor Townsend beat Mexican wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.

Townsend, ranked No 83, will face Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 8 seed, 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: tuesday
• Tereza Martincova vs. Sloane Stephens: tuesday
• 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 beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1