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Sustaining her robust begin, Alex Eala turns again a buddy and a well-recognized foe to remain within the W100 title hunt in North Carolina
MANILA, Philippines – This week in North Carolina, Alex Eala seems to have launched into a revenge tour at the same time as she readies herself for the US Open qualifiers which is able to start subsequent week.
For the second straight match, Eala exacted some candy payback on a buddy and acquainted foe that she had misplaced to a number of instances prior to now.
The 19-year-old pulled off a pulsating 7-6(5), 7-6(4) overcome her former doubles associate Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia to advance to the quarterfinal spherical of the ITF W100 Cary Tennis Traditional in america on Wednesday, August 14 (Thursday, August 15, Philippine time).
The world No. 147 Eala appeared on her technique to a straight-set victory within the spherical of 16 when she erected a 4-1 lead within the second set towards Selekhmeteva, who partnered with the Filipina throughout their women doubles title romp within the 2021 French Open.
Selekhmeteva, who achieved a career-high world rating of 138 in 2022, stormed again by claiming the subsequent three video games to attract stage at 4-4.
The following 4 video games resulted in service breaks which led to a different tiebreak. From an excellent 4-4 depend, Eala swept the subsequent three factors to assert the match in two hours and 9 minutes.
The primary set set the tone for the tightly contested encounter. Eala led a lot of the manner and served for the set whereas up 5-3.
However the 21-year-old Russian discovered the next gear and broke Eala twice to take the lead for the primary time at 6-5.
Eala got here again with a service break to ship the opening set to a tiebreak, which she ultimately received after an hour and 4 minutes.
Eala and Selekhmeteva share a protracted historical past collectively. Except for their 2021 French Open title run, the pair additionally completed runner-up within the 2021 W25 Platja D’ Aro in Spain, Eala’s first doubles occasion and finals look within the professional tour.
Selekhmeteva beforehand held a 3-0 benefit over Eala of their singles head-to-head matchups.
On Tuesday, Eala blasted Julia Riera of Argentina within the opening spherical, 6-3, 6-1.
Final Might, Eala was a win away from making historical past and incomes a spot in a Grand Slam occasion, however Riera spoiled her bid because the Argentine received in three units within the French Open last qualifying spherical.
Eala will now advance to her second quarterfinals in two weeks in an ITF $100,000 occasion after additionally reaching the final eight of the Koser Jewelers Tennis Problem in Landisville, Pensylvania.
The Filipina teen will gun for a semifinal berth when she faces the winner of the match between second seed Renata Zarazua of Mexico and Sijia Wei of China. – Rappler.com
