Burel beats Kenin in Cleveland second round

Clara Burel knocked off American Sofia Kenin, the No 8 seed, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday night.

Burel, ranked No 58, will face top-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia on Thursday.

In the previous round of the Cleveland tournament, the Frenchwoman defeated American lucky loser Elvina Kalieva (6-3, 6-2).

Kenin, ranked No 55, edged out Katie Volynets (6-2, 2-6, 7-5) in the first round earlier this week.

Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results:

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Peyton Stearns
• Katerina Siniakova (3) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Clara Tauson: 6-2, 6-2
• Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Greet Minnen (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Arantxa Rus beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-3, 6-3