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Alex Eala makes second quarterfinal of the season in Spain

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Alex Eala of the Philippines at the WTA Thailand Open in Hua Hin. 2023 Thailand Open" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/06/02/alex-eala-06022023.jpg"/><figcaption>Alex Eala of the Philippines at the WTA Thailand Open in Hua Hin. <em>2023 Thailand Open</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>No. 2 seed Alex Eala of the Philippines saw off French qualifier Nahia Berecoechea, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, to reach her second quarterfinal of the year at the W25 Yecla in Spain.</p><p>Eala, who exited in the quarters of the W25 Monastir in Tunisia last week, was leading at 2-1 when play was suspended at 15-15 in the fourth game.</p><p>When the match resumed on the outdoor hard court of Yecla Club de Tenis, WTA World No. 585 Berecoechea held serve for the first time to catch up at 2-2.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/19/22/tennis-alcaraz-expects-more-great-results-from-eala">World No. 1 Alcaraz expects more &#x27;great results&#x27; from Alex Eala in 2023</a></li></ul><p>At 3-3, Berecoechea broke serve after World No. 266 Eala committed a double fault.</p><p>The 19-year-old French ace went on to overcome deuce in the next two games to take the first set via a service break, 6-3.</p><p>Eala, 18, fought on by upping her game and powering through with a 5-0 edge in the second set. </p><p>She moved past deuce in the opening game, advanced to 3-0 via a Berecoechea double fault, and converted her second of three break points in the fifth game.</p><p>As she was serving for the second set, Eala slumped to 0-40. The reigning US Open Juniors champion saved one break point via an ace, but was broken afterwards.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/31/23/tennis-eala-struggles-into-2nd-round-of-w25-yecla">Alex Eala struggles into second round of W25 Yecla in Spain</a></li></ul><p>Eala, a two-time ITF women’s singles winner, broke back at 40-15 to force a deciding set, 6-1.</p><p>The third set began with the teenagers exchanging service breaks before Eala took control.</p><p>The Filipino clinched a love service hold for 2-1, then broke again to pull away at 3-1 after Berecoechea served a double fault.</p><p>She scored another service break for 5-1, her ninth of 15 break points won against her French foe with three ITF women’s singles titles and one doubles trophy. </p><p>Eala served out the victory on her first match point, 6-1, to set up a quarterfinal clash versus World No. 637 Victoria Rodriguez of Mexico.</p><p>Rodriguez, 28, reached a career-high ranking of No. 216 in 2015, while Eala peaked at 214th in October.</p><p>In the first round on Wednesday, Eala ousted World No. 583 Katy Dunne of Great Britain, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.</p><p>Rodriguez, meanwhile, opened her Yecla campaign with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 upset of Spanish No. 6 seed Georgina Garcia-Perez before defeating Romanian Andreea Amalia Rosca in the second round, 6-4, 6-0.</p><p>The W25 Yecla, which is a $25,000 event on the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, is being held in Murcia, the hometown of World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4-ewRYutZg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

No. 2 seed Alex Eala of the Philippines saw off French qualifier Nahia Berecoechea, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, to reach her second quarterfinal of the year at the W25 Yecla in Spain.