Tennis in the Land: Alexandrova sees off Zhu for place in final

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, advanced to the final of the Tennis in the Land by beating China’s Lin Zhu 7-5, 6-2 in Cleveland on Friday afternoon.

Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo and German Tatjana Maria next.

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In the previous rounds, the Russian won against Romanian Patricia Maria Tig (6-1, 6-4), Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7-6 (2), 6-3) and Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang (5-7, 6-0, 7-5).

Zhu, ranked No 48, won against Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 8 seed (6-0, 6-3), Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-1) and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the top seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.

Cleveland WTA 250, other semi-final result (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363):

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Tatjana Maria