Tennis in the Land: Kudermetova beats Podoroska in the first round

Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Tennis in the Land by beating Argentinian qualifier Nadia Podoroska 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Tuesday night.

Kudermetova, ranked No 16, will play Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

Cleveland WTA 250, other 32 results (Cleveland’s iconic Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Sloane Stephens (9) beat Lauren Davis: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina (5) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
• Caroline Garcia (1) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-3, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-2, 4-0 ret.
• Jasmine Paolini (11) beat Magdalena Frech (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (LL) beat Barbora Krejcikova (2): 6-4, 6-1
• Peyton Stearns beat Martina Trevisan (LL): 6-1, 4-5 ret.
• Xinyu Wang (Q) beat Clara Burel (Q): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Emma Navarro: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Julia Grabher beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-1, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez (WC) beat Linda Noskova: 6-0, 6-2
• Lin Zhu beat Anna Blinkova (8): 6-0, 6-3