Stoehr Fries Brown In Burning River Upset

France's Isabelle Stoehr extended her unbeaten WISPA World Tour run in 2007 to ten matches when she upset second seed Kasey Brown in the quarter-finals of the Women's Burning River Cleveland Classic at the Cleveland Racquet Club in Cleveland in the US state of Ohio.

The unstoppable Stoehr has already secured WISPA titles this year at the Mayfair Lakeshore Open in Canada and Des Pyramides Open in France - in addition to her tenth French Nationals title at the beginning of February.

Demonstrating the same form which saw her beat Brown in the Mayfair final in Toronto, Stoehr stormed back from a game down to win 6-9, 10-8, 9-6, 9-3.

The 27-year-old from Chambery will now meet Manuela Manetta, the unseeded Italian who caused her second successive upset in the event by beating local star Latasha Khan, the No7 seed from the USA, 10-9, 8-10, 1-9, 9-5, 9-4.

Top seed Natalie Grainger ensured that there is US interest in the other semi-final. The former world No1 from Washington DC crushed England's No8 seed Rebecca Botwright 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 - and will now face another English opponent for a place in the final.

Dominique Lloyd-Walter, the third seed, despatched New Zealand's No6 seed Jaclyn Hawkes 9-6, 9-1, 9-3.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [8] Rebecca Botwright (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-6
[3] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) bt [6] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 9-6, 9-1, 9-3
Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt [7] Latasha Khan (USA) 10-9, 8-10, 1-9, 9-5, 9-4
[5] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [2] Kasey Brown (AUS) 6-9, 10-8, 9-6, 9-3