September 6, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — World No. 75 Alex Eala dispatched two opponents simply hours aside to succeed in the semifinals of the WTA125 Guadalajara Open yesterday on the Panamerican Tennis Middle in Zapopan, Mexico.
Halted by rain on Thursday morning, the second-seeded Eala plunged again to motion and settled unfinished enterprise towards WTA No. 122 Varvara Lepchenko of america, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, to advance within the Final 8.
It took the 20-year-old Filipina solely 14 minutes to complete the job within the Spherical of 16 after the match was rained out within the third set with a rating of 3-2 in her favor, profitable three of the final 4 video games. The match was at two hours and 56 minutes previous to suspension.
And with just a bit over an hour of breather, Eala regarded brisker than ever as she shrugged off 1-4 and 3-5 deficits for a comeback win towards No. 280 Nicole Fossa Huergo of Italy, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, within the quarterfinals.
Eala, who first scored a 6-2, 6-2 win towards No. 187 Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands within the first spherical, wanted solely 89 minutes to remove Huergo.
Up subsequent for Eala is American Kayla Day after her gorgeous 7-5, 6-2 upset of world No. 84 and No. 3 seed Emiliana Arango of Colombia, within the semis at 2:10 a.m. (Manila time) at the moment.
Winner will get a title shot towards both WTA No. 134 Panna Udvardy of Hungary or No. 544 Maria Kozyreva of Russia from the opposite semis bracket.
Day, 25, is No. 418 on this planet rankings, making Eala – the highest-seeded participant remaining after the first-round exit of No. 1 seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia – the heavy favourite within the semis duel.
