Only one seed, Ekaterina Aleksandrova, will play in the semi-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Cleveland. Against all expectations, the French Caroline Garcia and the American Sloane Stephens were eliminated.

On Thursday, Cleveland was once again hampered by rain, but all of the quarterfinals were played. Top seed Caroline Garcia (WTA 7) was eliminated, losing 4-6, 1-6 to Lin Zhu (WTA 48). For the Chinese, this is the second victory against a tennis player in the Top 10 ranking. In the third round of this year’s Australian Open, she knocked out Greek Maria Sakkari.

In 85 minutes, Garcia served eight aces, but only scored eight of 20 points on his second serve. Zhu blocked four out of five break points and converted five out of 10 break points. It was the second encounter for these tennis players. In 2012 in Suzhou (ITF), it was a Frenchwoman who won.

Sloane Stephens (WTA 38) entered the court twice. First, she finished the second round match and defeated Mirra Andreyeva (WTA 67) 6:3, 6:3. In the quarter-finals, the American lost unexpectedly 1-6, 3-6 to Sara Sorribes (WTA 95). The 2017 US Open champion had four breaks and eight assists.

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Ekaterina Aleksandrova (WTA 22) defeated Xinyu Wang (WTA 56) 5-7, 6-0, 7-5. During the match, which lasted one hour and 56 minutes, the Russian scored 34 of 46 points on her first serve. She converted six of her eight break chances. His next rival will be Zhu.

Tatjana Maria (WTA 49) beat US Open 2021 finalist Leylah Fernandez (WTA 72) 6-3, 6-2 in 83 minutes. The German scored 20 of 26 points on her first serve. She used five of seven break points. The Wimbledon 2022 semi-finalist’s next opponent will be Sorribes.

Tennis in the countryCleveland (USA)
WTA 250, hard court, prize pool 271.3 thousand. dollars
Thursday August 24

singles quarter-final:

Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) v Xinyu Wang (China, Q) 5-7, 6-0, 7-5
Lin Zhu (China) v Caroline Garcia (France, 1/WC) 6-4, 6-1
Sara Sorribes (Spain, LL) v Sloane Stephens (USA, 9) 6-1, 6-3
Tatjana Maria (Germany) v Leylah Fernandez (Canada, World Championship) 6-3, 6-2

2nd singles round:

Sloane Stephens (USA, 9) – Mirra Andreeva 6:3, 6:3

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