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Alex Eala shakes off a horrid begin in opposition to Hungary’s Panna Udvardy because the Filipina completes a come-from-behind win within the closing of the Guadalajara Open in Mexico
MANILA, Philippines – Alex Eala overcame a horrible begin and held her nerve in tense moments to clinch her first-ever WTA Challenger crown.
Eala accomplished a come-from-behind 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Hungary’s Panna Udvardy to rule the WTA 125 Guadalajara Open in Mexico on the Grandstand Caliente of the Pan American Tennis Heart in Zapopan on Saturday, September 6 (Sunday, September 7, Manila time).
In a match that took 2 hours and half-hour to complete, the 20-year-old Filipina dug deep as she captured the most important title but of her profession.
The WTA 125 or WTA Challengers is the second-highest stage in ladies’s competitors, solely beneath the top-tier WTA Tour, which incorporates the Grand Slams, WTA Finals, WTA 1000, WTA 500, and WTA 250 occasions.
After a swift opening set that noticed Udvardy break serve 4 instances, Eala battled again and raced to a 5-3 lead within the second set, profitable an prolonged eighth recreation marked by three deuces.
Udvardy pulled stage at 5-5, however Eala regained the higher hand at 6-5 then saved 4 break factors within the twelfth recreation to drive a 3rd and final set.
It was all Eala from there as she gained all of her 4 service video games within the deciding set and broke Udvardy within the closing recreation, her backhand return that sailed previous the 26-year-old Hungarian wrapping up the match.
Eala redeemed herself in her second closing look this 12 months after she settled for a runner-up end within the WTA 250 Eastbourne Open in the UK, the place she suffered a heartbreaking three-set loss to Australia’s Maya Joint in June.
At present ranked No. 75 on this planet, Eala additionally obtained again at Udvardy 5 months since she misplaced to the identical foe within the spherical of 16 of the WTA 125 Oeiras Open in Portugal in April.
Their head-to-head file now stands at 1-1.
Eala topped the Guadalajara Open two weeks after she made historical past within the US Open as the primary Filipino to win a Grand Slam major draw match within the Open period following her first-round upset of Denmark’s Clara Tauson.
In Mexico, Eala beat Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands, Nicole Fossa Huergo of Italy, and Varvara Lepchenko and Kayla Day of the US within the earlier rounds to succeed in the ultimate. – Rappler.com
