Alex Eala defeated Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands, 6-2, 6-2, on early Wednesday (Philippine time) to begin her marketing campaign on the Guadalajara 125 Open in Mexico.
Eala, presently ranked No. 75 within the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) rankings, is the second seed within the event. Hartono, 29, is presently ranked No. 158.
The Filipina tennis ace claimed the victory as she pulled away from a 2-all tie within the second set and closed the match after an hour and 9 minutes.
Within the first set, Eala took an early 3-1 lead earlier than Hartono received the fifth sport. Nevertheless, Eala bounced again and claimed the subsequent three video games to take the set.
Eala will face 39-year-old American Varvara Lepchenko subsequent within the Spherical of 16.
That is Eala’s second event since returning from injury, and her first since making historical past within the US Open the place she became the first Filipino to win a Grand Slam main draw match. Nevertheless, her run there was halted in the second round by Cristina Bucsa of Spain.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
