Cirstea survives Austin roller-coaster against Siegemund
Sorana Cirstea persevered through a back-and-forth match against Laura Siegemund on Tuesday in Austin. Second seed Diana Shnaider is next up for Cirstea.
Sorana Cirstea, Dubai 2024
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Romanian Sorana Cirstea got the best of German Laura Siegemund 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 to move into the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday night.
Cirstea, ranked No 120, will next play No 2 seed Diana Shnaider.
Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- McCartney Kessler vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Suzan Lamens vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: wednesday
- Diana Shnaider beat Tatiana Prozorova (Q): 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Greet Minnen beat Sijia Wei (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Varvara Gracheva beat Peyton Stearns (3): 6-2, 6-3
- Caroline Dolehide beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-3, 3-2 ret.
- Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
- Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- 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
