Wild card Kessler upsets Wang, into Cleveland quarter-finals

Wildcard McCartney Kessler advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday.

Kessler, ranked No 98, will face Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus next.

Ahead of her victory, the American edged out wildcard Katrina Scott (6-1, 4-6, 6-4).

Wang, ranked No 37, beat Russian Anna Blinkova (6-1, 6-1) in the previous round of the Cleveland tournament.

Cleveland WTA 250, other second-round results:

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Peyton Stearns
• Clara Burel vs. Sofia Kenin
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Tauson
• Greet Minnen vs. Ana Bogdan: wednesday
• Arantxa Rus beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-3, 6-3