September 3, 2025 | 8:18am
MANILA, Philippines — Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala is heading to the following spherical of the 2025 Guadalajara 125 Open after dominating Arianne Hartono, 6-2, 6-2, within the tourney’s first spherical early Wednesday morning (Manila time) in Mexico.
Eala, who bowed out of the US Open’s second spherical, wanted simply an hour and 9 minutes to dispatch her World No. 187 opponent from the Netherlands.
The Filipina, ranked seventy fifth on the planet, punched in 33 service factors received over Hartono’s 19. She additionally received 29 return factors to her opponent’s 22.
Eala had an enormous begin, going up 3-1 within the first set after Hartono’s return went straight to the online.
The Dutch tennister, although, rallied from being down 15-40 within the fourth recreation to make it a 2-3 deficit.
The satisfaction of Quezon Metropolis, nevertheless, blanked her opponent out in three straight video games to seize the primary set, 6-2.
The second set was a bit nearer, as the 2 have been saved in a 2-all impasse.
Eala broke issues vast open with 4 straight video games to seize the dominant win, 6-2, as she remained undefeated towards Hartono in 4 head-to-head matches.
The 19-year-old, who’s the second seed of the tourney, will now tackle 39-year-old American Varvara Lepchenko within the second spherical. The World No. 122 defeated Maddison Inglis within the first spherical of the Mexico event.
