WTA roundup: Chinese duo heads to ATX Open quarterfinals
Jan 16, 2023; Melbourne, VICTORIA, Australia; Yue Yuan (China) returns the ball against Maria Sakkari (Greece) (not pictured) at Melbourne Park. credits: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports No. 8 seed Yue Yuan of China and countrywoman Yafan Wang both completed sweeps on Wednesday in the second round of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.
Yuan captured a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over the United States' Taylor Townsend, while Wang ousted Colombian Emiliana Arango 6-2, 6-2. Yuan rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second set of her match to force the tiebreaker, where she then raced out to a 5-0 lead.
Wang saved nine of 10 break points in her victory. She will next face Yuan in the quarterfinals.
In other action, top-seeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina beat Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-1, 6-2, and French fifth seed Diane Parry topped Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-3.
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Australia's Daria Saville dropped the first set but battled back, going on to earn a 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Germany's Tatjana Maria in second-round action at San Diego.
Maria failed to take advantage of a match point at 4-5 in the second set. After falling behind 2-0 in the subsequent tiebreaker, Saville rattled off seven straight points to extend the match.
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, the No. 6 seed, flew to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Australian Taylah Preston.
Two more matches were scheduled for later Wednesday, pitting second-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia against Great Britain's Katie Boulter and top-seeded American Jessica Pegula against Jule Niemeier of Germany.
—Field Level Media
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