Tennis in the Land: Pera moves into second round
Bernarda Pera beat Eri Hozumi 6-1, 6-2 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the top seed, and American lucky loser Francesca Di Lorenzo in the next round
American Bernarda Pera moved into the second round of the Tennis in the Land by defeating Japanese qualifier Eri Hozumi 6-1, 6-2 at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Monday evening.
Pera, ranked No 51, will face the winner of the match between Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the top seed, and American lucky loser Francesca Di Lorenzo next.
Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Francesca Di Lorenzo
- Lauren Davis vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Dalayna Hewitt: monday
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Madison Brengle: monday
- Shuai Zhang beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 6-1
- Martina Trevisan (2) beat Mayar Sherif: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alize Cornet (8) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Camila Osorio: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
- Clara Tauson beat Harmony Tan (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Marcela Zacarias (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-2
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Irina-Camelia Begu (5) beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-4, 6-3
