Tennis in the Land: Maria through to semi-finals, gets past wild card Fernandez
Tatjana Maria won against Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night. She’ll face the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, and Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo in the next round
Tatjana Maria (Image Credit: Action Plus / Panoramic)
German Tatjana Maria won against Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last 4 of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Thursday night.
Maria, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, and Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo next.
The 36-year-old German beat Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-2, 2-6, 6-1) and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed (W/O) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Fernandez, ranked No 72, defeated Linda Noskova (6-0, 6-2) and Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson (6-0 ret.).
Cleveland WTA 250, other quarter-finals results (Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363, most recent results first):
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Lin Zhu beat Caroline Garcia (1): 6-4, 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Xinyu Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-0, 7-5
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