Cleveland Open: Rus eases into quarter-finals with straightforward win
Arantxa Rus won against Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between American wildcard McCartney Kessler and Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Arantxa Rus moved into the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open by beating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-3 at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday evening.
Rus, ranked No 95, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard McCartney Kessler and Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Cleveland tournament, the 33-year-old Dutchman won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-3, 7-6 (4)).
Tomova, ranked No 50, defeated American wildcard Lauren Davis (6-1, 6-4) in the first round of the Cleveland tournament.
Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Peyton Stearns
- Clara Burel vs. Sofia Kenin
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Greet Minnen vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Tauson
- McCartney Kessler vs. Xinyu Wang: wednesday
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