Alex Eala defeated American Kayla Day, 6-2, 6-3, within the semifinals of the Guadalajara 125 Open early Saturday (Philippine time) in Mexico to advance to the event finals.
This marks Eala’s second look in a WTA closing, following her run on the Eastbourne Open final June.
The Filipina tennis ace was trailing 0-2 within the first set however rallied to win six consecutive video games and take the lead.
Eala then secured the primary two video games of the second set earlier than the 25-year-old Day claimed back-to-back video games to degree the set. The world no. 75, nonetheless, regained management and gained the following three video games earlier than Day halted her momentum. Nonetheless, Eala managed to come back again and closed out the match towards the world no. 418, wrapping up the set in an hour and eight minutes.
Earlier within the event, Eala dispatched Arianne Hartono, Varvara Lepchenko, and Nicole Fossa Huergo to succeed in the semifinals.
Eala will face world no. 134 Panna Udvardy of Hungary within the finals as she goals for her first WTA title.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information