Tennis in the Land: Sorribes Tormo upsets third seed Kudermetova to move into quarters
The Spaniard will face the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, and Russian Mirra Andreeva in the next round
Sarra Sorribes Tormo
Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo upset Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the last eight of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Wednesday.
Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 95, will play the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, and Russian Mirra Andreeva next.
The Spaniard benefited from the retirement of Katerina Siniakova (6-2, 4-0) ahead of her win on Wednesday.
In the previous round, Kudermetova, ranked No 16, won against Argentinian qualifier Nadia Podoroska (3-6, 6-2, 6-1).
Cleveland WTA 250, other round of 16 results (Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271,363):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez (WC) beat Clara Tauson (LL): 6-0 ret.
- 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
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Tatjana Maria
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