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No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia will meet Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in the Tennis in the Land final.
Alexandrova defeated Lin Zhu of China 7-5, 6-2, and Sorribes Tormo bested Germany’s Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-3, on Friday in Cleveland.
Alexandrova had seven aces and overcame six double faults in her win over Zhu. She won 28 of 36 first-service points (77.8 percent) and dropped only one of her service games.
In Alexandrova’s only final of the year, she won on grass in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
She lost her only match all-time against Sorribes Tormo, who converted six of 13 break-point opportunities Friday against Maria. Sorribes Tormo’s only WTA title came in March 2021 in Zapopan, Mexico.
–Field Level Media