Cleveland Open: Minnen books spot in second round
Greet Minnen defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Tuesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the second seed, in the next round
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Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen advanced to the second round of the Cleveland Open by winning against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-3, 7-6 (5) at Jacobs Pavilion on Tuesday evening.
Minnen, ranked No 75, will play the winner of the match between Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the second seed, next.
Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Ana Bogdan vs. Leylah Fernandez: tuesday
- Peyton Stearns (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Yafan Wang: 6-4, 6-1
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Katerina Siniakova (3) beat Sayaka Ishii (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Sofia Kenin (8) beat Katie Volynets: 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
- Viktoriya Tomova (7) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Cristina Bucsa beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-4
- Clara Tauson beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Katrina Scott (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Clara Burel beat Elvina Kalieva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-2
- Xinyu Wang (4) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
