Tennis in the Land: Maria books spot in last 16

German Tatjana Maria advanced to the last 16 of the Tennis in the Land by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Tuesday.

Maria, fresh off a challenger title in Barranquilla and ranked No 49, will face Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed, next.

The 36-year-old, who is just three spaces from her career-high ranking of 46, has won six matches on the trot.

Cleveland WTA 250, other round of 32 results (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271,363, most recent results first):

• Veronika Kudermetova (3) beat Nadia Podoroska (Q): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens (9) beat Lauren Davis: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
• Caroline Garcia (1) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-3, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (LL) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 4-0 ret.
• Jasmine Paolini (11) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (LL) beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 6-4, 6-1
• Peyton Stearns beat Martina Trevisan (LL): 6-1, 4-5 ret.
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Clara Burel (Q): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Emma Navarro: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Julia Grabher beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-1, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (WC) beat Linda Noskova: 6-0, 6-2
• Lin Zhu beat Anna Blinkova (8): 6-0, 6-3