Tennis in the Land: Stephens makes last eight, beats Andreeva in straight sets

American Sloane Stephens, the No 9 seed, defeated Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-3 to reach the last 8 of the Tennis in the Land at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank on Thursday evening.

Stephens, ranked No 38, will play Spanish lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo next.

In the previous round, the American won against Lauren Davis (1-6, 6-3, 6-1).

Andreeva, ranked No 67, edged out German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch (6-0, 3-6, 7-5) in the previous round.

Cleveland WTA 250, other last 16 results (Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Flats West Bank, hard, USD 271.363, most recent results first):

• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Veronika Kudermetova (3): 6-4, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Tatjana Maria
• 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