Cleveland Open: Potapova dominates to move into last 8
Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Tauson 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen and Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan in the next round
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Anastasia Potapova, the No 5 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Cleveland Open by defeating Dane Clara Tauson 6-2, 6-2 at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday evening.
Potapova, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen and Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan next.
In the previous round of the Cleveland tournament, the Russian won against Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-3, 6-2).
Tauson, ranked No 65, beat Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) during 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
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Greet Minnen vs. Ana Bogdan: wednesday
- McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (4): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Arantxa Rus beat Viktoriya Tomova (7): 6-3, 6-3
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