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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The round of 16 kicked off Wednesday at the Tennis in the Land tournament at Jacobs Pavilion.

Tennis in the Land is a WTA 250 tournament that brings top professional women’s players to Cleveland from around the world. Former players include 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens, 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia.

The final match of the day session saw Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No. 1 seed, take on Spain’s Cristina Bucsa on the stadium court. Haddad Maia cruised to an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory and move on.

Here are the results from the other matches in the Round of 16 on Wednesday:

• United States’ McCartney Kessler defeated China’s Xinyu Wang 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
• Russia’s Anastasia Potapova (5) defeated Denmark’s Clara Tauson 6-2, 6-2.
• Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia (1) defeated Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 6-1.
• The Netherland’s Arantxa Rus defeated Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-3.
• Romania’s Ana Bogdan defeated Belgium’s Greet Minnen 7-6 (3), 6-3.
• Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova defeated Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
• France’s Clara Burel defeated United States’ Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-3.
• Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. United States’ Peyton Stearns is scheduled for late Wednesday night.

In quarter finals doubles action, China’s Yifan Xu and Spain’s Cristina Bucsa defeated Brazil’s Ingrid Martins and United States’ Quinn Gleason 6-3, 6-4.

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The singles and doubles action continues through Saturday. Daily schedules and ticket information are available at the Tennis in the Land’s website.

This story will be updated with late Wednesday results.