Tennis in the Land: Sorribes Tormo makes last four, defeats Stephens
Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday night. She’ll face German Tatjana Maria in the next round
Sara Sorribes Tormo competes at Roand-Garros 2023 © Federico Pestellini / Panoramic
Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to move into the last 4 of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Thursday night.
Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 95, will play German Tatjana Maria next.
In the previous rounds, the Spaniard benefited from the abandonment of Katerina Siniakova (6-2, 4-0) and won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 3 seed (6-4, 6-1).
Stephens, ranked No 38, beat Lauren Davis (1-6, 6-3, 6-1) and Russian Mirra Andreeva (6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
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):
- Tatjana Maria beat Leylah Fernandez (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- 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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