Austin Open: Wang ousts No 4 seed Bronzetti

Chinese Yafan Wang won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 4 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Monday evening.

Wang, ranked No 69, will face the winner of the match between Colombian Emiliana Arango and American Alycia Parks 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
• Diane Parry (5) beat Jessika Ponchet (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Yue Yuan (8) beat Arina Rodionova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1