Tennis in the Land: Alexandrova sees off Zhu for place in final
Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Lin Zhu 7-5, 6-2 on Friday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo and German Tatjana Maria for the title
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, advanced to the final of the Tennis in the Land by beating China’s Lin Zhu 7-5, 6-2 in Cleveland on Friday afternoon.
Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo and German Tatjana Maria next.
In the previous rounds, the Russian won against Romanian Patricia Maria Tig (6-1, 6-4), Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7-6 (2), 6-3) and Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang (5-7, 6-0, 7-5).
Zhu, ranked No 48, won against Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 8 seed (6-0, 6-3), Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-1) and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the top seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Cleveland WTA 250, other semi-final result (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363):
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Tatjana Maria
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