Wild card Kessler upsets Wang, into Cleveland quarter-finals
McCartney Kessler beat Xinyu Wang in three sets on Wednesday and will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus in the next round.
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Wildcard McCartney Kessler advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday.
Kessler, ranked No 98, will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus next.
Ahead of her victory, the American edged out wildcard Katrina Scott (6-1, 4-6, 6-4).
Wang, ranked No 37, beat Russian Anna Blinkova (6-1, 6-1) in the previous round of the Cleveland tournament.
Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results:
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Peyton Stearns
- Clara Burel vs. Sofia Kenin
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Tauson
- Greet Minnen vs. Ana Bogdan: wednesday
- Arantxa Rus beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-3, 6-3
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