Alize Cornet of France, the eighth seed, will compete against Zhang Shuai of China on Thursday in the 2022 WTA Cleveland Open quarterfinal.
The 37th ranked player in the world Alize Cornet, defeated Clara Tauson of Denmark in straight sets on Wednesday to advance to her third quarterfinal of the year. At 4-5 in the second set, the Frenchwoman, who had the lone break in the first set, saved three set points. She then dominated the tiebreak to win the match 6-3, 7-6. (7-1). The 32-year-old had dominated Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of her Cleveland challenge. She is currently 19-19 this year across all levels thanks to the two victories. She had participated in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open and had advanced to the Bad Homburg semifinals. The six-time WTA champion will attempt to advance to her second season semifinal on Thursday.
The second seed Martina Trevisan opponent in the second round, withdrew from the match even before it began, giving Zhang Shuai an easy passage into the quarterfinals. The Chinese player, who advanced to the last eight in Cincinnati last week, is currently playing in her second consecutive quarterfinal and fifth of the season. The 33-year-old had destroyed Katerina Siniakova to start her Cleveland campaign, winning 6-2, 6-1. She lost the first game of the match after being broken, but she didn’t make a mistake after that, converting 5 of 5 break points to defeat the Czech in an hour. Zhang has competed in two finals this year, taking home the trophy in Lyon and coming in second place after having to withdraw from the final in Birmingham.
Alize Cornet and Zhang Shuai are scheduled to face one another in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 Cleveland Open on Thursday, August 25. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 21 till August 27.
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The 2022 Cleveland Open will see six rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These include the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 21 and conclude on August 27 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 32 | August 21, 22 |
Round of 16 | August 22,23 |
Quarter-finals | August 25 |
Semi-finals | August 26 |
Finals | August 27 |
Player | Seed |
Barbora Krejcikova | 1 |
Martina Trevisan | 2 |
Ekaterina Alexandrova | 3 |
Elise Meterns | 4 |
Irina Begu | 5 |
Caroline Garcia | 6 |
Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 7 |
Alize Cornet | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |