Tennis in the Land: Stearns moves into last 16 after Trevisan retirement

American Peyton Stearns moved into the last 16 of Tennis in the Land when Italian lucky loser Martina Trevisan retired at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Monday evening.

Stearns, ranked No 58, led 6-1, 4-5 when Trevisan, ranked No 53, pulled out on Monday evening at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank.

The 21-year-old American will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the top seed, and Linda Fruhvirtova next.

Cleveland WTA 250, other 32 results (Cleveland’s 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
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Caroline Garcia vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Clara Tauson vs. Barbora Krejcikova: monday
• 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