Germany’s Tatjana Maria knocked out Leylah Fernandez in the quarter-finals
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Cleveland (USA) – Complementing Cleveland’s WTA 250 quarter-final round, Germany’s Tatjana Maria and Spain’s Sara Sorribes took the final two spots in the semi-finals. North American Sloane Stephens, who trying to overcome a double turnafter winning earlier in the Round of 16, he said goodbye to the tournament.
Tatjana Maria outplayed Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6/3 6/2. The 36-year-old German veteran and currently ranked 49th is trying to reach her fourth career WTA 250 final with three titles. She is a two-time champion on clay in Bogota and achieved a feat on grass in Mallorca in 2018. Last weekend, Maria won a 125 series tournament in Barranquilla.
Maria’s opponent will be Spaniard Sara Sorribes, 48th in the standings, who entered the group as a lucky loser. She beat American Sloane Stephens, formerly top 3 and current 38th, 6/1, 6/3. The 26-year-old Spaniard owns a title on the hard of Guadalajara in 2021. She lost the only previous duel against Maria, played in 2016. The reunion will take place at 7:30 p.m. (Brasilia time) this Friday.
Stephens, on the other hand, won the last games of the match against 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva in the afternoon and goes to the US Open, where will face Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round.
The first semi-final will oppose the Chinese Lin Zhu, 48th in the standings, and the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, 22nd. They clash from 3:30 p.m., in an unprecedented confrontation.
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