World no. 49 Tatjana Maria of Germany will meet world no. 95 Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain in the semifinal of the 2023 WTA Cleveland Open on Friday, August 25. Get the predictions and odds of this Tatjana Maria v Sara Sorribes Tormo match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Tatjana Maria v Sara Sorribes Tormo Head to Head
Maria won their only meeting in Tokyo seven years ago.
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Maria Eases Past Fernandez
World no. 49 Tatjana Maria needed just an hour and 24 minutes to ease past Leylah Fernandez in the quarterfinal on Thursday.
Both players fought hard in the first set, with both coming back from a break down once each in the first seven games. But the German then broke again for a third time in the set to take a one-set-to-love lead.
With the first set in the bag, Maria dominated the second from start to finish. She broke the Canadian once in the first game and then again in the seventh game to seal a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Maria had begun her Cleveland campaign with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Varvara Gracheva in the first round before receiving a walkover against fifth seed Anhelina Kalinina in the second round.
This is the third time that she will be featuring in a WTA semifinal this year. The 36-year-old had picked her third career title earlier this year when she defended her Bogota pen title by beating Peyton Stearns in the final.
Maria was also a semifinalist in Warsaw last month. She is in tremendous form at the moment and on a seven-match win streak, having won the WTA 125 in Barranquilla earlier this month. She is 10-1 across levels since the Warsaw Open.
Can she reach a fourth WTA final with a win on Friday?
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Sorribes Tormo Continues to Soar
Lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo stormed into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-3 drubbing of ninth seed Sloane Stephens on Thursday.
After dominating the first set, Sorribes Tormo found difficulty in holding serve in the second but so did Stephens as both players exchanged three breaks each in teh first six games of the second set. However, it was teh Spaniard, who broke two more times in the set and held one serve to seal victory in an hour and 14 minutes.
Sorribes Tormo, who lost to Clara Burel in the second qualifying round after winning her first qualifier against Asia Muhammad, has not dropped a set in the main draw.
Kateřina Siniaková retired while trailing Sorribes Tormo 2-6, 0-4 in the first round, while the Spaniard knocked out third seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 in the second round.
A semifinalist in Cleveland two years ago, Sorribes Tormo is in the final four stage for a second time this year, having lost in the semifinals in Palermo.
This is her first main draw appearance on hard court and she has found good form before the U.S. Open. Can she reach a second career final with a win on Friday?
Maria v Sorribes Tormo Prediction and Tip
Maria is in excellent form at the moment and all her recent wins have come on hard courts. Expect her to knock out the lucky loser and reach a second WTA final of the season.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Maria to win: 1/2 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 22.5 games in the match: 5/6 (with bet365)
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