Tennis in the Land: Fernandez advances to quarter-finals as Tauson retires

Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez advanced to the quarter-finals of the Tennis in the Land when Dane lucky loser Clara Tauson retired on Tuesday night at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank.

Fernandez, ranked No 72, led 6-0 when Tauson, ranked No 90, pulled out on Tuesday night at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank.

CLEVELAND WTA 250: 2R
#72 Leylah Fernandez def #90 Clara Tauson 6-0, ret.
The Dane, 20, had her vitals checked at 0-5 first set and retired after returning from off-court MTO at end of set.
Next for LAF is #28 (5)Anhelina Kalinina, 26, (UKR) or #49 Tatjana Maria, 36, (GER). pic.twitter.com/QqETAkpzSY

— Tom Tebbutt (@tomtebbutt) August 22, 2023

The 20-year-old Canadian will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 5 seed, and German Tatjana Maria next.

In the previous round, Leylah Fernandez beat Linda Noskova (6-0, 6-2).

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The 20-year-old Dane won against second seed Barbora Krejcikova (6-4, 6-1) in the previous round.

Cleveland WTA 250, other last 16 matches (Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271,363):

• Caroline Garcia (1) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini (11): 6-4, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Tatjana Maria
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich