Dow Tennis Classic: Stearns advances to last eight

Wildcard Peyton Stearns advanced to the last 8 of the Dow Tennis Classic by winning against Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-3 at Greater Midland Tennis Center on Thursday evening.

Stearns, ranked No 244, will face the winner of the match between Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov and Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, next.

Peyton Stearns beat Asia Muhammad (6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Krueger, ranked No 192, defeated Japanese Moyuka Uchijima, the No 8 seed (6-1, 7-6 (11)).

Midland WTA 125, other second-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Catherine McNally vs. Su Jeong Jang
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Sachia Vickery
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Camila Osorio
• Nao Hibino vs. Robin Anderson
• Katherine Sebov vs. Lin Zhu: thursday
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Madison Brengle (2): 6-1, 6-3
• Ann Li beat Magdalena Frech: 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5)