Alex Eala opened her SP Open marketing campaign with a win towards Yasmine Mansouri of France, 6-0, 6-2, within the Spherical of 32 on Wednesday morning (Philippine time) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The match, which the world No. 61 dominated, lasted solely an hour and 10 minutes.
It took Eala 9 straight video games earlier than the 24-year-old French participant claimed her first recreation. The 20-year-old Filipina then bounced again, however Mansouri, ranked world No. 380, managed to win one other recreation to briefly delay Eala’s victory.
Eala and Mansouri went neck-and-neck within the thirteenth recreation of the match earlier than the previous closed it out to take a 5-2 lead. Ultimately, Eala claimed the set to take her first victory in South America.
“That is my first time in Brazil and my first time in South America, truly, so I’m so comfortable to see that the group is so full of life,” Eala mentioned in an interview.
“I didn’t anticipate so many individuals to come back out and watch me play. I assume I used to be a bit fortunate to be sandwiched in between two nice Brazilians, so I’m simply comfortable to be right here and to have the ability to play properly,” she added, referring to the matches of Laura Pigossi earlier than her and high seed Beatriz Haddad Maia afterward.
The win additionally got here simply days after Eala captured her first WTA 125 title at the Guadalajara 125 Open.
Eala will face Julia Riera of Argentina, ranked world No. 188, within the Spherical of 16 on Thursday.
The SP Open is a WTA 250 occasion which is a part of the principle WTA tour.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
