Qualifier Bogdan prevails to make last eight in Cleveland

Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan won against Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the last 8 of the Cleveland Open at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday evening.

Bogdan, ranked No 103, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Romanian defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the second seed (1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2).

Minnen, ranked No 75, beat Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-3, 7-6 (5)) 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
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa: wednesday
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Tauson: 6-2, 6-2
• McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Arantxa Rus beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-3, 6-3