Austin Open: No 5 seed Parry books spot in second round

No 5 seed Diane Parry moved into the second round of the Austin Open by beating qualifier Jessika Ponchet 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Westwood Country Club on Monday evening.

Parry, ranked No 62, will face the winner of the match between Russian Kamilla Rakhimova and Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 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
• Katie Volynets vs. Renata Zarazua
• Rebecca Marino vs. Sachia Vickery
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Bejlek
• Tereza Martincova vs. Sloane Stephens
• Taylor Townsend vs. Fernanda Contreras Gomez
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Xiyu Wang
• Darja Semenistaja vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Emiliana Arango vs. Alycia Parks
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
• Camila Osorio vs. Alize Cornet
• Yafan Wang vs. Lucia Bronzetti: monday
• Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1