CLEVELAND — It's the eve of the final day of Tennis in the Land , and we now know who will be playing for the 250 Women's Tennis Association rankings points in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon.
American Ann Li will meet qualifier Sorana Cirstea of Romania in the singles final, starting not before 2:30 p.m. at Nautica Entertainment Complex in the Flats.
Cirstea, who is poised to reenter the WTA top 100 after coming to Cleveland ranked No. 112 in the world, has made the most of the unofficial Ohio hard court swing ahead of the US Open, which begins Monday. The week before the 35-year-old veteran arrived in Cleveland, she reached the fourth round at the Cincinnati Open, only faltering at the hands of a world No. 2 Iga Swiatek in peak form.
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