
FILE–The Philippines’ Alexandra Eala serves the ball to Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova throughout the WTA 2024 ladies’s singles spherical of 16 match in Zapopan, Mexico, on September 10, 2024. (Picture by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala bombed out of the Singapore Tennis Open qualifiers after falling to Simona Waltert of Switzerland, 3-6, 2-6, on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Eala couldn’t attain the principle draw of her Singapore tilt, dropping to the Swiss ace in simply an hour and 16 minutes.
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Waltert has overwhelmed Eala thrice of their final 4 conferences to inch a win nearer to the principle draw of the match.
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Eala on Saturday edged Japanese Sara Saito in three units, 6-1, 6-7 (1), 7-5, to begin her marketing campaign solely to overlook the principle draw.
The Filipino netter got here from India, dropping within the spherical of 16 of W100 Bengaluru towards Dalila Jakupovic, 4-6, 4-6, on Thursday.
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Eala additionally missed the prospect to enter the principle draw of the Australian Open 2025 after dropping within the first spherical of qualifiers.
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The Rafael Nadal Academy product just lately achieved her career-high within the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation world rating, rising to 136.