BEIJING: On Wednesday, No. 8 seed Yue Yuan of China and countrywoman Yafan Wang both swept the second round of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.
Yuan beat Taylor Townsend of the United States 6-3, 7-6 (5), and Wang defeated Colombian Emiliana Arango 6-2, 6-2. Yuan rebounded from a 4-1 deficit in the second set of her match to force a tiebreaker, where she stormed ahead 5-0.
Wang saved nine of ten break points in her triumph. She will face Yuan in the quarterfinals.
In other action, top-seeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina defeated Colombia’s Camila Osorio 6-1, 6-2, while French fifth seed Diane Parry defeated Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-3.
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Katie Boulter of the United Kingdom rallied from behind to defeat second-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the San Diego tournament.
Boulter advanced to the quarterfinals after making nine double faults.
In other Wednesday action, top-seeded American Jessica Pegula easily defeated Germany’s Jule Niemeier, 6-0, 6-4.
Australia’s Daria Saville lost the first set but defeated Germany’s Tatjana Maria 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
Maria missed to capitalize on a match point at 4-5 in the second set. After trailing 2-0 in the tiebreaker, Saville scored seven consecutive points to extend the match.
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, seeded sixth, defeated Australian Taylah Preston 6-4, 6-3.
