Tennis in the Land: Maria through to last eight as Kalinina withdraws

German Tatjana Maria advanced to the quarter-finals of Tennis in the Land after Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed, withdrew before the match in Cleveland.

Maria, ranked No 49, will play Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez next.

In the previous round, the 36-year-old German won against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-2, 2-6, 6-1).

Kalinina, ranked No 28, beat Romanian Ana Bogdan (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round.

Cleveland WTA 250, other last-16 results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363, most recent results first):

• Sloane Stephens vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: wednesday
• Leylah Fernandez beat Clara Tauson (LL): 6-0 ret.
• Caroline Garcia (1) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini (11): 6-4, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-1