Fifth seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain saved 13 of 15 break points in a 6-2, 6-4 win over Harriet Dart of Great Britain on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby in Granby, Quebec.
Parrizas Diaz also converted 5 of 11 break points to cruise to victory. She peaked late in the first set, winning four straight games after Dart had tied things 2-2. Neither player tallied an ace in the match.
Only one other match got underway on Tuesday as rain played havoc with the schedule. No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia led Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-3, 5-0 when play was halted. The match will resume at that point on Tuesday, with the winner to earn a spot in the quarterfinals.
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Belarusian seventh seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich battled back from a first-set loss to edge Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a Round of 16 match in Cleveland.
Sasnovich recorded the only three aces in the match and converted 7 of 9 break points to avoid the upset. Sorribes Tormo held advantages in points won on the second serve (52.6 percent to 37.5 percent) and second return points won (62.5 percent to 47.4 percent).
Also in the Round of 16, American Sofia Kenin swept No. 5 seed Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-3, 6-2, and French eighth seed Alize Cornet prevailed against Denmark's Clara Tauson 6-3, 7-6 (1). Russian Liudmila Samsonova also won her first-round match.
Poland's Magda Linette rolled to a 6-4, 6-2 win over Romania's Sorana Cirstea in the final match of the evening.
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