Shnaider battles to comeback victory in Austin

Second seed Diana Shnaider recovered from the worst possible start to defeat qualifier Tatiana Prozorova 0-6, 6-2, 7-5 in round one of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Tuesday night.

Shnaider, ranked No 13, will next face the winner of a match between Romanian Sorana Cirstea and German Laura Siegemund.

Austin WTA 250, other first-round results:

• McCartney Kessler vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Suzan Lamens vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Laura Siegemund: wednesday
• 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

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