Austin Open: Watson advances to second round
Heather Watson beat Danka Kovinic 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Monday night. She’ll face the winner of the match between Taylor Townsend and No 5 seed Sloane Stephens in the next round
Qualifier Heather Watson beat Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 7-6 (2), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Monday night.
Watson, ranked No 145, will face the winner of the match between Taylor Townsend and No 5 seed Sloane Stephens next.
Austin WTA 250, other first-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Catherine McNally vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Magdalena Frech vs. Danielle Collins
- Robin Montgomery vs. Coco Vandeweghe
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Dalma Galfi
- Madison Brengle vs. Louisa Chirico
- Taylor Townsend vs. Sloane Stephens
- Lauren Davis vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Magda Linette vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Harriet Dart vs. Shuai Zhang
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Peyton Stearns vs. Katie Boulter
- Mirjam Bjorklund (WC) beat Alycia Parks (7): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Anna Blinkova beat Ann Li (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Katie Volynets beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
