Dolehide advances to Austin second round
Caroline Dolehide edged out Anastasia Zakharova in a three-set thriller on Tuesday in Austin. Dolehide will face either Peyton Stearns or Varvara Gracheva.
Caroline Dolehide, Washington, 2024 Zuma / Panoramic
American Caroline Dolehide fought past Russian qualifier Anastasia Zakharova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday evening.
Dolehide, ranked No 80, will next play the winner of a match between Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva and American Peyton Stearns, the No 3 seed.
Austin WTA 250, other first-round results:
- 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: tuesday
- 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
