Tennis in the Land: Sorribes Tormo makes last 16 after Siniakova retirement

Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo reached the last 16 of Tennis in the Land when Katerina Siniakova retired at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Monday evening.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 95, led 6-2, 4-0 when Siniakova, ranked No 47, pulled out at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Monday evening.

The Spaniard will play the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Nadia Podoroska and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 3 seed, next.

Cleveland WTA 250, other last 32 results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Sloane Stephens vs. Lauren Davis
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ana Bogdan
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Tamara Korpatsch: monday
• Caroline Garcia vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: monday
• 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