Bernard Pera moves into semi-finals at Cleveland, stretching her streak to 13

Bernarda Pera beat wildcard Sofia Kenin 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Thursday night.

Pera, ranked No 51, will face Russian Liudmila Samsonova next. The American has now won 13 consecutive matches at tour-level, dating back to her maiden title run at Budapest in July.

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She hit 59 winners against 35 unforced errors, and converted six of seven break points to stop the 2020 Australian Open champion in her tracks.

In total, Pera has won 19 of 20 matches since she started her streak in Budapest. Her only loss came in the finals of the Concord challenger to Coco Vandweghe earlier this month. During the last two months Pera has risen in the rankings from 130 to 51.

Bernarda Pera won against Japanese qualifier Eri Hozumi (6-1, 6-2) and Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the top seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Kenin, ranked No 415, won against qualifier Dalayna Hewitt (6-4, 6-3) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 5 seed (6-3, 6-2).

Cleveland WTA 250, other last eight results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 6-3
• Alize Cornet (8) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7) beat Madison Brengle: 6-4, 6-1

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