Tennis in the Land: Brengle advances to last 8
Madison Brengle edged out Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Wednesday evening and will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, in the next round
American Madison Brengle edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the last eight of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Wednesday evening.
Brengle, ranked No 63, will play Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round, the American edged out Russian Varvara Gracheva (6-3, 4-6, 7-5).
Alexandrova, ranked No 28, edged out American wildcard Lauren Davis (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round.
Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Martina Trevisan
- Laura Siegemund vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Magda Linette beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-2
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Irina-Camelia Begu (5): 6-3, 6-2
- Alize Cornet (8) beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
