Cornet advances to semi-finals in Cleveland

Alize Cornet won against Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday evening and will face Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, in the next round

Alizé Cornet, à Chicago en 2021 August 27, 2021, CHICAGO, UNITED STATES: Alize Cornet of France in action during the semi-final of the 2021 WTA Chicago Womens Open WTA 250 tennis tournament against Varvara Gracheva of Russia || 206731_0026 2021 Chicago open PRESS sport tennis united USA WOMENS WTA zagency zlast24 zselect ZSPORT Zuma ZUMAPRESS.com zwire, Zuma / Panoramic

Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 8 seed, advanced to the last four of the Tennis in the Land by winning against Chinese Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-2 at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Thursday evening.

Cornet, ranked No 37, will face Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich, the No 7 seed, next. She saved all five break points she faced against Zhang, and cracked six aces against two double-faults.

The 32-year-old is into her second semi-final of the season with her win – she fell to Caroline Garcia in the Bad Homburg semis earlier this summer.

In the previous rounds, the Frenchwoman beat Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (6-2, 6-1) and Dane Clara Tauson (6-3, 7-6 (1)).

Zhang, ranked No 35, defeated Czech Katerina Siniakova (6-2, 6-1) and Italian Martina Trevisan, the second seed (W/O) earlier in the tournament.

Cleveland WTA 250, other last eight matches and results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

  • Bernarda Pera vs. Sofia Kenin
  • Magda Linette vs. Liudmila Samsonova
  • Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Madison Brengle: 6-4, 6-1

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