Serme Seeded to Retain Cleveland Classic Title

Serme (l) against Waters in the 2016 final. (image: Andrea Dawson)
Serme (l) against Waters in the 2016 final. (image: Andrea Dawson)

France’s world No. 2 Camille Serme leads the $50,000 Tub O’ Towels & Chemical Bank Cleveland Classic draw as the top seed this weekend, and is predicted to face England’s Alison Waters in what would be a rematch of the 2016 final at the Cleveland Racquet Club in Ohio.

The first round of qualifying took place Wednesday evening with the qualifying finals set to complete the main draw Thursday from 5pm local time.

World No. 26 Olivia Blatchford is the sole Team USA representation in the main draw and will face Waters in the first round.

England’s world No. 8 Sarah-Jane Perry occupies the three seed in the top half of the draw and India’s Joshna Chinappa is the four seed in the bottom half of the draw.

View the full Cleveland Classic draw here.

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