Alex Eala ends first W60 tournament campaign with loss to Swiss foe
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 9) – Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala ended her first W60 tournament campaign on Friday (Philippine time) after being beaten by hometown bet Simona Waltert in three sets, 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, at Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Eala had a strong start in the first set after she held a 4-1 lead, but Waltert delivered timely aces and break points to win six of the next seven games as the Swiss gained a set advantage.
The 15-year-old Filipino made sure not to relinquish her lead in the second set after getting a couple of break points to force a deciding third frame, 6-3.
Published April 9, 2021, 12:02 PM
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Unable to sustain a strong start, Alex Eala crashed out of the W60 Bellinzona tournament in Switzerland after faltering against hometown bet Simona Waltert, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, in the third round on Thursday (early Friday morning in Manila).
Eala, 15, zoomed to a 4-1 lead in the opening set but the 20-year-old Waltert staged a furious comeback to win six of the next seven games.
The Filipino teen tennis star bounced back in the second set as she once again went on a fiery 5-1 start and foiled her Swiss rival’s fightback this time.
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Published March 4, 2021, 10:48 PM
Alex Eala lost steam in the critical moments of the deciding third set and yielded to Croatian third seed Jana Fett, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, in the second round of the W25 Manacor tournament in Spain Thursday night, March 4.
Eala rallied from a 5-3 third-set deficit to 5-all but failed to sustain her charge in the next two games in the match that lasted nearly three hours.
The 15-year-old PH bet, who earned a main draw berth as a junior exempt, had a chance to break Fett’s serve in the 11
th game after leading 40-15 but stumbled in the next four points.