American McCartney Kessler rallied in front of a friendly crowd on Wednesday, pulling off a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 upset of No. 4 seed Xinyu Wang of China in the second round of Tennis in the Land in Cleveland.
Kessler had never defeated a top-50 opponent in her career before taking down Wang, who coughed up a 2-0 lead in the second set. Kessler also put together a strong finish, winning the final four games of the third set after Wang drew even at 2.
Despite losing, Wang still managed to finish with more aces (5-4) and fewer double faults (4-3).
Two other seeded players fell, as the Netherlands’ Arantxa Rus beat Bulgarian seventh seed Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3 and France’s Clara Burel got past eighth-seeded Sophia Kenin of the United States 6-4, 6-3.
Top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, No. 3 seed Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, No. 5 seed Russian Anastasia Potapova and No. 6 seed Peyton Stearns of the United States all prevailed. Romania’s Ana Bogdan also advanced.
Abierto GNP Seguros
Second-seeded Emma Navarro of the United States rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over Colombia’s Camila Osorio in second-round action at Monterrey, Mexico.
The third set featured four consecutive service breaks before Navarro squandered two match points at 4-5, but she eventually prevailed in the tiebreaker.
No. 7 seed Yue Yuan of China cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Croatia’s Petra Martic. Yuan finished with just one ace to Martic’s five but saved 4 of 6 break points and converted 5 of 6.
Third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and sixth-seeded Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic also advanced with straight-set wins.
Poland’s Magdalena Frech, the ninth seed, came from behind for a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1 win over Israel’s Lina Glushko.
New Zealand’s Lulu Sun saved a match point late in the third set and emerged with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carle.
–Field Level Media
