Tennis in the Land: Garcia into quarter-finals, meets Zhu next
Caroline Garcia beat Peyton Stearns 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday evening and will face Chinese Lin Zhu in the next round
Caroline Garcia at Roland-Garros in 2023 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the top seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Tennis in the Land by winning against American Peyton Stearns 7-6 (4), 6-3 at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Tuesday evening.
Garcia, ranked No 7, will play Chinese Lin Zhu next. She improves to 29-18 on the season with her win.
In the previous round, the Frenchwoman beat Linda Fruhvirtova (6-3, 6-2).
Stearns, ranked No 58, benefited from the retirement of Italian lucky loser Martina Trevisan (6-1, 4-5) in the 32.
Cleveland WTA 250, other last 16 matches (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271,363)
- Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini (11): 6-4, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Tatjana Maria
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
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