Tennis in the Land: Cornet books spot in last eight
Alize Cornet won against Clara Tauson 6-3, 7-6 (1) on Tuesday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Chinese Shuai Zhang and Italian Martina Trevisan, the second seed, in the next round
Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 8 seed, beat Dane Clara Tauson 6-3, 7-6 (1) to reach the quarter-finals of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Tuesday evening.
Cornet, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Shuai Zhang and Italian Martina Trevisan, the second seed, next.
The Frenchwoman won against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (6-2, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Tauson, ranked No 58, defeated French qualifier Harmony Tan (6-3, 6-1).
Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Martina Trevisan
- Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Magda Linette
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Bernarda Pera
- Sofia Kenin vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
