Tennis in the Land: Cornet moves into second round
Alize Cornet won against Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 on Monday evening and will face Dane Clara Tauson in the next round
Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 8 seed, won against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Monday evening.
Cornet, ranked No 37, will play Dane Clara Tauson next.
Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Lauren Davis vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Dalayna Hewitt
- Eri Hozumi vs. Bernarda Pera
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Madison Brengle
- Mayar Sherif vs. Martina Trevisan
- Shuai Zhang vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Camila Osorio: monday
- Clara Tauson beat Harmony Tan (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Marcela Zacarias (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-2
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Irina-Camelia Begu (5) beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-4, 6-3