Arantxa Rus advances to the quarter-finals of the Cleveland Open after defeating the 7th seeded Bulgarian, Viktoriya Tomova, with a score of 6-3, 6-3 at Jacobs Pavilion on Wednesday evening.
Rus, currently ranked No. 95, will go up against the winner of the match between American wildcard McCartney Kessler and the 4th seeded Chinese player, Xinyu Wang, in the next round.
In the previous round of the Cleveland tournament, the 33-year-old Dutch player emerged victorious against Lucia Bronzetti from Italy with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Tomova, ranked No. 50, defeated American wildcard Lauren Davis (6-1, 6-4) in the first round of the Cleveland tournament.
Other second-round results from the Cleveland WTA 250 tournament at Jacobs Pavilion on hardcourt with a prize pool of USD 267,082 are as follows:
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Peyton Stearns
- Clara Burel vs. Sofia Kenin
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Greet Minnen vs. Ana Bogdan
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Tauson
- McCartney Kessler vs. Xinyu Wang: Wednesday
