Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala will make her US Open fundamental draw debut towards Denmark’s Clara Tauson, with their match anticipated to happen on Sunday.
Tauson, ranked No. 15 by the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation, is the 14th seed within the event.
A 3-time WTA Tour champion, Tauson received two titles in 2021 on the Lyon and Luxembourg Opens, and claimed her most up-to-date victory earlier this 12 months on the Auckland Traditional, the place she defeated Naomi Osaka after the latter retired because of an belly damage.
Now 22 years outdated and standing six ft tall, Tauson reached the Spherical of 16 at Roland Garros final 12 months.
She is coming off a Spherical of 32 loss to Veronika Kudermetova on the Cincinnati Open on August 14.
In the meantime, the 20-year-old Eala returns to motion after recovering from a shoulder injury that forced her to miss the Cincinnati and Monterrey Opens.
On Thursday, Eala shared on social media that she has arrived in the United States.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
